Commentary
Why Sponsors Matter (Fourth of a Series)
Given all the benefits of having a private equity firm as your partner, why would you even finance a company…
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In our continuing special series on the value of private equity sponsors, we turn our attention to what motivates a…
Read MoreWhy Sponsors Matter (Second of a Series)
Last week we kicked off our special series examining the differences between lending to middle market companies and those backed…
Read MoreWhy Sponsors Matter (First of a Series)
Our discussion last week of the Fed’s confusing position on interest rates drew a number of favorable comments. “This is…
Read MoreBack to School
The thirteen-hour drive back from our North Carolina beach retreat afforded plenty of time to conjure up snappy post-Dodd Frank…
Read MoreSpace Race
As we prepared this past weekend to escape the 95°F cauldron of Manhattan for the relief of the 98°F oven…
Read MoreDeep Dish
Xavier University announced last week the installation of the nation’s first pizza ATM. The $55,000 machine’s capacity is 300 medium-sized…
Read MoreSummer Stock
Call it an ironic twist. An actor named David Harbour, portraying Achilles in Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” in Central Park…
Read MoreMarkets at the Midpoint (Last of a Series)
The setting was Arlington Park, a storied horse racing venue about a forty-five minute Uber ride northwest of Chicago. We…
Read MoreMarkets at the Midpoint (Second of a Series)
Luis Polonia, the former outfielder for nine major league baseball teams in the 1990’s, once observed of the late Yankees…
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