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Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm

NYT M&A

A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets.

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The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

Harvard Corporate Governance

A wide range of research examines the market for CEOs and executive mobility in public companies while largely ignoring the market for CEOs in private equity funded companies. We augment the work on public company CEOs by studying the market for CEOs among larger U.S. times on its equity investment.

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Benchmark International Successfully Facilitated the Transaction Between Wilnat, Inc. (doing business as KGM) and St. Louis-based private equity firm Compass Group Equity Partners

Benchmark Report

Louis-based private equity firm Compass Group Equity Partners. These meetings followed a uniquely short 15-day marketing campaign in which over 400 potential acquirers were approached. “In Benchmark International has successfully brokered the sale of Wilnat, Inc. doing business as KGM) to St.

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Tracking diversity, equity, and inclusion data in private markets

Mckinsey and Company

Institutional investors and private equity firms can implement some basic but crucial best practices to measure progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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John Wood Group rejects takeover bids from US private equity firm Apollo

The Guardian M&A

Apollo has until 22 March to announce a firm intention to make a takeover offer or walk away The Aberdeen-based energy services and consulting firm John Wood Group has rejected three takeover approaches from Apollo Global Management, in the latest private equity raid on a UK company.

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Activist Hedge Funds: The Superhero Offspring of Private Equity Firms and Normal Hedge Funds?

Brian DeChesare

If you’re thinking about exit opportunities and can’t decide between private equity and hedge funds , activist hedge funds might be your solution. Similar to private equity firms, they operate on longer time frames, influence companies’ operations and finances, and might catalyze major changes, such as spin-offs or acquisitions.

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The New Role of Private Equity Firms

Erik A. Lopez

He and the Merit Harbor team work with middle-market business owners looking to grow, acquire or sell companies in the $10mm to $100mm valuation range. It wasn’t too long ago when private equity firms had the power – and ability – to do very little heavy lifting in order to enjoy a substantial growth on their return in a short period of time.