February 2023

On Jan. 4 in Dallas, U.S.-based J. Sloan & Co. announced the sale of Pumps and Controls, a U.S. wholesale water treatment equipment supplier owned by Peninsula Capital Partners and Ridge Capital Partners management. The buyer was an industry company with engineering expertise, technical support, and service capabilities for a wide range of products, including […]

After the party, comes the hangover. Rising interest rates, surging inflation and war in Europe have given global dealmakers a thumping headache. Worldwide, mergers and acquisitions totalled USD 3.6trn in 2022, down 38.8% from 2021’s record-smashing USD 5.9trn. Compare 2022 with the pre-pandemic five-year average (2015-19) – before the easy-money policies following Covid’s onset supercharged dealmaking in 2H20 and 2021 – then deal value this year is 9.3% lower.