Merger & Acquisition advisory firms, also referred to as investment banks, retain new clients with a negotiable engagement letter that outlines the services to be provided, the fee structure and other general terms of agreement. This article presents an overview of the three most common components of an M&A advisor’s fee structure:
Retainer fee
Success [...]
While there are no strict definitions of a private equity firm and a hedge fund, some distinct similarities and differences separate the two types of firms.
Private equity firms and hedge funds are similar in that both invest from a leveraged pool of capital normally contributed by limited partners; both compensate the management team based on [...]
A company’s capital structure is the relative proportion of equity and debt used to finance assets and operations. A company’s capital structure determines both the nature of its stakeholders and its expected cost of capital.
Capital Structure Balance
The combination of debt and equity to finance assets varies from one industry to another and from company to [...]
Carried interest is the profit earned on private equity investments by a deal-maker in a private equity house. Often known as carry, it allows private equity professionals to receive up to 20% of the profit from a company they sell. The carry can be a significant portion of a private equity professional’s total compensation.
Private equity [...]
While both venture capital and private equity firms provide cash in exchange for equity positions in companies, the main distinction is the juncture in which the investment is made. With the exception of turnaround investments, private equity firms tend to invest in more established businesses with a history of positive, and preferably reliable, cash flow [...]
Private equity investors employ various transaction strategies to acquire and grow profitable portfolio companies. The categories that www.PrivateEquityInfo.com tracks - acquisition capital, buyouts, consolidations, corporate divestitures, ESOPs, growth capital, recapitalization, shareholder liquidity and turnarounds - are described below:
Acquisition Capital - capital provided to operating companies intended for growth via acquisitions. This capital is normally provided [...]
This post describes the difference between Senior Debt and Subordinated Debt.
Senior debt refers to debt that is in first-lien position. In the event of a default and subsequent liquidation, the senior lender (often a commercial bank), has first priority in recouping its investment. When a company goes bankrupt, stake holders divide the proceeds from selling [...]
Corporate finance advisory firms may be broadly classified into three main categories:
Bulge Bracket
Middle Market
Business Broker
Although there is no strict metric for these classifications, Private Equity Info segregates the firms by the enterprise value of the firms’ typical clients as follows:
Bulge-bracket investment banks generally represents clients with transaction values in excess of $50 million (unless there [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]