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Earnings Multiples for PE-Backed Firms Fall for 7th Straight Quarter
Only a 2% increase in EBITDA kept enterprise valuations of privately held companies from contracting in the fourth quarter.
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Vincent Ryan
| February 22, 2023
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IPOs
IPO Readiness: A 5-Step Public Preparedness Checklist
Companies considering a public offering should begin to prepare now to capitalize on opportunity windows that present themselves later.
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Patrick Hanraty and Shauna Watson
| January 5, 2023
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M&A
Private Equity Exits Down 57% in 2022
A stuck IPO market, firms reluctant to sell at lower valuations, and cautious corporate buyers limit exit routes for PE firms.
By
Vincent Ryan
| December 21, 2022
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Leadership
A 10-Step Playbook for New PE-Backed CFOs
For the first 100 days to be a success, the plan must focus on measuring, managing, and scaling.
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Hal Polley and Barclay Stanton
| June 22, 2022
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M&A
Private Equity’s 2022 Game Plan
As fund sizes swell with investor cash, PE firms feel pressure to find untapped value opportunities.
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Kevin Thornton and Chris Reeves
| February 25, 2022
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M&A
Authentic Brands Stays Private With PE Deal
The brand developer is selling "significant" stakes to two private-equity firms and shelving its plans for an IPO.
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Matthew Heller
| November 22, 2021
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M&A
Cloudera to Go Private in $5.3 Billion Deal
The company is betting that private equity investment will boost its turnaround efforts in the competitive data management software space.
By
Matthew Heller
| June 2, 2021
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Risk
5 Key Elements of a CFO’s Successful Investor Pitch
Answer the one question on investors’ minds: “Why should I believe that this company will make me money?”
By
Frank Williamson
| May 24, 2021
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M&A
Verizon Sells Yahoo, AOL to Apollo for $5B
The deal marks the end of Verizon's effort to provide a digital media alternative to tech behemoths Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
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Matthew Heller
| May 3, 2021
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M&A
Thoma Bravo to Buy Proofpoint for $12.3B
The private equity giant is making its biggest bet on cloud software amid forecasts of rapid growth in the security-as-a-service market.
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Matthew Heller
| April 27, 2021
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Talent Management
Interim CFO: Finding the Right One
Suitable interim CFOs can form relationships quickly, stabilize operations, and sustain a company’s momentum.
By
Sean Mooney
| April 8, 2021
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Investment Banking
Startup CFOs: Consider Adding Debt to the Funding Stack
Could startups and VC investors be better served by capital structures that more closely mimic the ones that private equity uses?
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Gordon Henderson
| January 28, 2021
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Technology
Thoma Bravo Buys RealPage for $10.2B
The $10.2 billion deal is the private equity firm’s largest tech acquisition to date.
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Vincent Ryan
| December 21, 2020
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Risk
Don’t Wait to Wind Down ‘Zombie’ Subsidiaries
Among the risks of delaying: former executives may remain exposed to various legal claims or personal liability.
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Gene Kohut
| December 21, 2020
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M&A
Vista Buys Pluralsight in $3.5B Ed Tech Deal
The coronavirus pandemic has "increased [private-equity] interest in companies whose offerings make it easier to reach employees and students remotely.”
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Matthew Heller
| December 14, 2020
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