Private equity doesn’t chase headlines—it hunts in silence. Armed with over $2.5 trillion in dry powder (Moonfare, May 2025), ...

A buyout program involves acquiring a controlling interest in a company, often with financial incentives for voluntary ...

Focus Business Solutions has announced the successful completion of its management buyout from Abrdn. This buyout represents a return to independence for Focus after nearly 14 years of operating ...

But building an M&A (merger and acquisition) or leveraged buyout (LBO) model is a lot more complex. Suppose you’re about to acquire another company. You want to get a preview of your income statement, ...

“There’s been such a lack of M&A activity and LBO activity that a lot of sponsors ... But because those buyout firms have a mandate to return cash to investors, the leveraged loan market ...

Vistra Energy announced at the end of December that it would buy out 76 per cent of its tax receivable ... a change to the definition of “Change of Control.” Distressed debt mavens will ...

Leveraged Buyout (LBO): An LBO involves acquiring a company using a significant amount of borrowed funds or leverage. Typically, a private equity firm or a group of investors purchases the target ...

LBO firms are themselves an asset manager so a retail investor would often invest via an asset manager which would itself invest in another asset manager (the LBO firm). Difficult to rationalise ...