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Claims by the largest and best-known buyout firms that their transactions are a force for adding value are undermined by a controversial new report by Moody's into the post-LBO strategies... 2008-01-18

Baird announced last week that it’s beefing up its technology investment banking team and expanding it on the West Coast.

Advent International Corporation last week sold American Radiology Services after a number of potential suitors contacted the New York-based global buyout firm expressing interest... 2008-01-14

The Audax Group is plotting on add-on acquisitions for its new portfolio company, Reed Group.

Westside Energy Corp. has agreed a reverse merger with the privately held Crusader Energy Group, to create a single firm, Crusader Energy Group Inc.

If you thought being in the booming energy sector was insurance against the credit crunch, proof that you were wrong—certainly if we’re including the industry’s smaller players—comes... 2008-01-07

The credit crunch claimed a high profile victim in the new year as the world’s biggest private equity investor Blackstone was forced to abandon a $1.8 billion deal with General... 2008-01-07

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued major new regulations governing the accounting of M&A activity. At the heart of the new rules—FAS 141(Revised 2007),... 2007-12-31

Roark Capital Group is plotting an East Coast expansion of its portfolio company Wood Structures, a Biddeford, Maine-based company that makes wooden floor and roof trusses. The Atlanta,... 2007-12-31

October saw a slight rebound of mergers & acquisitions after a poor showing in August and September, according to a new report from Robert Baird.