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Changing Stripes

July 1, 2009

The pinstripe suits may start gathering dust. Displaced investment bankers are migrating to corporate development, though the adjustment may prove difficult for some.

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MacFadyen: Ongoing Development
As the corporate development role becomes a fixture at larger companies, strategics are becoming better buyers.

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Data Wrap
Boeing is rumored to be shopping for a South Carolina facility, and other transactions from the past 24 hours.

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Changing Stripes

Displaced investment bankers are migrating to corporate development, though the adjustment may prove difficult for some. Plus, the July issue explores M&A around the smart grid and the fallout from the content bubble.

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M&A Lifestyle

Trumped
Did Donald Trump really buy into WWE’s "Monday Night Raw" franchise? Deal pros are right to be circumspect about the deal.

Q&A / Interviews

KKR's Special Ops
Henry Kravis and George Roberts may be the architects, but Dean Roberts is the guy on the ground ensuring investments are built to spec.

Roundtables

Navigating the Restructuring Waters
Top players discuss how buyers can plot a course to invest amid all the distress.

Latest News

Piper Jaffray Poaches 3i Pros

July 2, 2009 – David Silverman and Matt Kane join the mid market investment bank, as it prepares for a software boom.

Onex Makes a Vegas Bet

July 2, 2009 – The Canadian corporation acquires the majority equity stake in the Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.

PE Funds Raised $76B In 2Q

July 2, 2009 – Fundraising improves as deal flow falls and private equity’s overhang hits an all-time high.

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Features

The Future of Leveraged Lending

July 1, 2009 – Churchill's Durant Schwimmer contends that the regional banks may help lead the debt market out of its doldrums.

Smart Grid, Smart Bet?

July 1, 2009 – Despite the Obama administration $4.5 billion initiative, buyers want to see the smart grid take shape before they'll dive in.

Considering a Plan B

July 1, 2009 – As deal fatigue sets in, sellers are realizing that the best answer to uncommitted bidders is flexibility, even if that means they eschew a sale.

An Inexact Science

July 1, 2009 – The debate between 'art' and 'science' in valuation assessments continues to rage on.

A Content Bubble?

July 1, 2009 – While content plays were a hot area for investor capital, portfolios have declined by 50 percent or more, experts say.

Acquisition Improv

July 1, 2009 – Distressed dealmaking has only become more perplexing over the past few months, forcing investors to come up with solutions on the fly.

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