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Monthly Archive for December, 2011

Over the past decade, the lower middle-market has been a more stable component within the larger deal flow picture. While larger deals experienced a great spike in growth and then an equally dramatic drop, deals under $250 million haven’t been quite as tumultuous. Between 2001 and 2004, the number of deals closed rose from just [...]

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For the second straight year, the velocity of deal flow continues to rise among private equity firms. While still slower than in 2007, it shows a continued recovery from the bottom of the financial crisis in 2009. In 2007, PE firms averaged a deal every 2.5 months. By 2009 that average had fallen to 4.8 [...]

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