Randy Schwimmer Shares Upbeat View of M&A in 2021
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Randy Schwimmer, one of the middle market’s best known lenders, weighs in on a wide range of issues affecting dealmakers in this video interview with
Mergers & Acquisitions editor-in-chief
Mary Kathleen Flynn. The interview took place at
Mergers & Acquisitions’ The Best in M&A Speak virtual event, where we announced the winners of the
2021 Top 10 Middle-Market Deals of the Year. Schwimmer serves as senior managing director and co-head of senior lending of
Churchill Asset Management. He also writes the
The Lead Left newsletter, considered required reading by many dealmakers.
This is the Best M&A Market in Decades
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A wide range of topics was discussed by leading dealmakers at the morning keynote panel of
Mergers & Acquisitions’ The Best in M&A Speak virtual event, where we announced the winners of the
2021 Top 10 Middle-Market Deals of the Year. Panelists shared their views about: the welcome resurgence of quality deal flow; the post-quarantine return to the office and face-to-face meetings; concern about the potential for tax changes; the urgent need for increased diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the middle market; and the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues on investing. Morning keynote panelists included some of the top dealmakers in the industry:
Deal Pipeline at Record Levels, Say Lenders
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Lenders said they expect 2021 to be a “very strong” year for middle-market M&A in the afternoon keynote panel of
Mergers & Acquisitions’ The Best in M&A Speak virtual event, where we announced the winners of the
2021 Top 10 Middle-Market Deals of the Year. Editor-in-chief
Mary Kathleen Flynn moderated the panel, which included:
Ted Koenig, CEO,
Antares Capital; and
ESG Metrics Remain Elusive for Private Equity Firms
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Months after the SEC’s announced shift toward compiling additional data on companies’ Environmental, Social and Governance metrics, getting hard data on company progress is still a challenge, said panelists at
Mergers & Acquisitions’
Women’s Association of Venture and Equity board member and
Fordham University private equity professor
Sheryl Schwartz. “One of the challenges as an LP is you’re getting all different formats and all different information,” Schwartz said. “To get 120 quarterly reports and then each fund has 20 to 40 companies, there has to be a way of aggregating that data and coming up with conclusions. And that process has not yet been fully developed.”