Aug 7, 2024
Buy and Build strategies have sometimes been viewed with concern as some investors were only successful with acquiring the initial, “platform asset” and then not able to execute on the additional investment plan of acquisitions. However, over the past several years, this strategy is back in vogue and stands out as a powerful method for […]
Jul 30, 2024
With dry powder at all-time highs and the PE deal environment being more competitive than ever, the early involvement of Operating Partners (”OPs”) is changing how PE firms handle value creation. Lancor, with its 20-year history of placing operating partners and C-suite executives, is at the forefront of this shift. By integrating operating partners early […]
Jul 11, 2024
As the private equity industry grapples with the lasting setbacks of limited deal flow and misalignment on purchase price multiples in 2023, Lancor’s differentiated value-add – leveraging top executive talent to sharpen an investment thesis – will be a key driver of success. Between 2010 and 2016, the average PE firm outperformed the S&P 500 […]
Jun 20, 2024
For those of us who have been in this industry for 20+ years, we grew up hearing that the Private Equity industry offered the most efficient path to professional success. Why? There was a formula that almost guaranteed beating the traditional stock market returns, and it could be applied again and again and again. In […]
May 23, 2024
As we continue to analyze last year’s key takeaways through the lens of private equity, this post will take a deeper dive into the fundraising quandary that plagued 2023. As discussed in part one of this four part series, the 2023 M&A market was down 60% from its peak two years earlier. The contraction of […]
May 13, 2024
2023 was a very difficult year in M&A. How did this happen, what did we learn and how does this inform us on the M&A environment in the second half of 2024? Part one of a four part series. In 2023, the private equity industry felt the ongoing impacts of several harmful trends that emerged […]
