Archive for March 2009

Private Equity Info Launches New Data Module – Senior Lenders

Private Equity Info announces the launch of its data module of U.S. senior lender firms. Subscribers can now search and filter 4,700 senior lender firms by location, loan types & purposes, and number of office locations.
Senior lenders are typically commercial banks or other institutional lending firms that provide senior debt to corporations for a variety [...]

M&A Investment Bankers: Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side

Investment bankers represent either the seller or the buyer in a given transaction. However, the vast majority of middle market investment bankers and business intermediaries represent the sell-side.
Why are Most Middle Market M&A Firms on the Sell-Side?
The majority of the compensation that an investment banker receives is tied to a success fee, payable upon the [...]

Real Estate Investment Focus

The Private Equity Info real estate data module tracks institutional investors that have a specific investment focus on the real estate sector.  These firms include real estate investment trusts (REITs), real estate-focused private equity firms, hedge funds and other institutions that are active debt or equity investors in the real estate market.
Within this group of [...]