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Holman: Flight to Quality

June 11, 2008 - The familiar mantra has reared up again in the mid-sized transaction world.

“Flight to quality.”

June 8, 2008 - The perennially-sounded mantra has reared up again in the mid-sized transaction world in 2008, a period not unlike the difficult 2001 time frame. The emphasis on quality businesses couldn’t be more important in this year’s middle market M&A auction pageant, especially given the credit and economic challenges hammering businesses of all sizes.

Flexibility Is Key to Weathering Credit Conditions

May 6, 2008 - The U.S. transaction business is struggling like a lumbering bear in springtime looking for berries. Fortunately, some private capital investors are finding unique ways to invest in a difficult M&A environment even if it’s not in the traditional leveraged buyout.

Bankruptcy Filings Settling In

April 1, 2008 - The bloodletting of overleveraged companies, primarily those that underwent private equity transactions in the last couple years, has hardly begun.

Middle Market Gets the Job Done Creatively

February 27, 2008 - The buyout deal community seems to have awoken from a slumber much like zombies in the George Romero film 'Diary of the Dead.'

The Silver Lining

April 15, 2008 - Investors are hunting for new transactions even though the buzz word of the day has become portfolio management.