Mergers and Inquisitions
JANUARY 8, 2025
Investing Principles: Why a High Income Trumps Everything Else Between 2009 and 2014, I did not have a traditional portfolio via a brokerage firm. And money printing and debt levels took off and never looked back. If thats your personality, could you see yourself retiring? Youll get bored in about a week.
TechCrunch: M&A
JULY 27, 2023
Uplift had raised nearly $700 million in equity and debt, securing $123 million at a reported $195 million valuation in its Series C round alone. ” Laplanche is referring to the BNPL-style product that Upgrade launched in October 2021, which lets users pay down their debt over six to 36 months with a fixed interest rate.
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OfficeHours
JULY 18, 2023
I started my career in 2014 as an investment banking analyst in an oil & gas coverage group. In June of 2014, when I finished training and first hit the desk, the price of oil was $105 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI). By December of that year, prices had fallen to $59 per barrel.
Sica Fletcher
JULY 11, 2024
While the cost of debt has increased to the point that buyers often acquire brokerages at an initial loss, insurance brokerage M&A multiples have not only held steady but are actually seeing all-time highs. Equity used to consist of senior debt (i.e., the amount all common shareholders invest in the brokerage).
Sica Fletcher
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
The predictability of the cash flows enables the acquiring entity to use debt in the capital structure, which dramatically increases the returns. The industry is dramatically fragmented and there are many opportunities for the acquisition of healthy smaller businesses with no clear succession plans.
Sica Fletcher
JULY 31, 2024
In addition to the high cost of debt interfering with their bottom line, they also have to contend with a buyer pool that’s larger than ever before , with 50+ buyers in the current pool where there used to be ~5. Sellers are remaining patient and working with M&A advisosr to identify areas of opportunity.
Focus Investment Banking
JUNE 8, 2023
Founded in 2014, Argyle is experiencing robust growth in the U.S. The transaction is entirely financed by debt with a banking group arranged by BNP-Paribas and Société Générale* for a total amount of 23 million. Argyle is a leading advisory and creative services provider for US public company shareholder communications.
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