“None of us smart enough to call the bottom in financials or any other industry,” says Gary W. Parr, vice chairman at independent investment bank Lazard. Noting the value to investors of structuring deals for a few years of protection before converting to common, Parr says he’s seen funds change ...

When times get tough, investors need to answer a few key questions: which industries are most attractive for investment? What deal structures are investors choosing? Where are sellers’ expectations?

In this podcast, although there was some consensus around the prediction that deal flow in the U.S. will drop below the impressive ...

Whether you call it a credit crunch or a credit squeeze, there’s evidence to be found that the chilled climate for deals has spread from the realm of the mega-deal into the middle market. To discuss the new economic realities in deal-making, The Deal convened a panel, “Deals ...

The private capital markets are in an intriguing position. The economy is sluggish after last year’s sub-prime mess and major buyout firms have not seen a lot of action. That was expected. But the middle markets have only dropped off slightly. In this podcast John Morris, assistant managing editor at ...

Deals in health care M&A have soared over the past two years, continuing to attract capital and drive activity in the sector. Industry insiders are monitoring the current pace of health care M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. In this podcast, Ken Hitchner, partner, global head of healthcare ...

From the panel, Private Equity and the Healthcare M&A Market: What’s on the Radar? comes this podcast featuring the panelists Benjamin Edmands, managing director, CCMP Capital; Jonathan Korngold, managing director, global head of healthcare, General Atlantic; Todd Richter, managing director, global healthcare group, head of financial sponsor coverage & ...

Charles Ditkoff is managing director and co-head of the global healthcare services group with Banc of America Securities. In this podcast, from the Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium hosted by The Deal in New York City, Ditkoff speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the state of I.T. in ...

In 2007 deals in the health care M&A marketplace soared. Siemens’s $7 billion purchase of Dade Behring, Medtronic’s purchase of Kyphon and Carlyle Group’s purchase of Manor Care are just a few of the deals that contributed to a trend-setting year in the health care sector. In this ...

Deals in healthcare M&A have soared over the past two years, continuing to attract capital and drive activity in the sector. Industry insiders are monitoring the current pace of healthcare M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. On Wednesday, The Deal hosts a one-day symposium with attendees such as ...

M&A deals in energy, real estate, and health care are some examples of sectors that still show lots opportunity, with some caution. Jason Lopez spoke with experts in each of these sectors at The Deal’s “M&A Outlook 2008.” In this podcast you’ll hear about the nuances of the markets and ...

Cross border investments have helped keep deal flow robust through 2007, despite the credit crisis. Private equity investors are looking for good deals across the board and companies are beginning to find smaller firms in other parts of the world that complement their product offerings. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason ...

There was a shift in the audience at the M&A Outlook 2008 when David Rubenstein — co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group — was sighted in the room. The crowd got quiet. The same happened when Wilbur Ross, chairman and CEO of WL Ross and Co. took the ...

Can the good times roll in the M&A world from 2006 through 2008? Were those good times at all? At The Deal’s “M&A Outlook 2008″ in New York, investment experts picked apart the market to explore which deals worked and which didn’t… and more importantly, what will carry over into ...

Mergers and acquisitions are hot… you just have to know where to look. John Morris, assistant managing editor of The Deal, says a few of the industries that have heated up are real estate and energy. Morris will emcee some of the onstage events at The Deal’s “M&A Outlook 2008″ ...

Investors such as Jay MacDonald and Bill Detwiler are bullish on web-based advertising. MacDonald says advertisers have always wanted to know exactly who listened to their ads on radio or saw them in magazines. You cannot click on a newspaper ad. But with features like interactivity and social media that ...

Where is the value in web media? Some say it is in the cost effectiveness of production. Cameras have become quite cheap. Others say it is in the efficiencies of the distribution of quality media products. After the lively panel entitled “Emerging Sector Spotlight–State of IPTV Technology Development,” panelists ...

Competition is coming for broadband providers SBC and Comcast. So say the investors in emerging service such as WiMax and BPL. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez talks with Patrick Campbell - Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, who moderated the panel “Desirable and Viable: Broadband Alternatives and ...

In his morning keynote address at Convergence 2.0, Leo Hindery spelled it out: new media would go nowhere as long as companies could not deliver consistent top line growth, could not enlist quality management, and did not enjoy a barrier to entry. But as quickly as he gave the sobering ...

Convergence 2.0, The Deal’s September 17, 2007 conference being held in New York City is looking like a sell-out event. Richard Morgan, Assistant Managing Editor of The Deal, talks with PodTech’s Jennifer Jones about the gathering of private equity, venture capital and corporate executives who will hear about the ...

Josh Jaffe is the senior writer for THE DEAL magazine and the organizer of the Technology Summit for VCs, acquirers, and other investors. He spoke with Podtech’s Michael Johnson about analyzing market trends from an investor’s point of view.

Fox owns MySpace, and it’s watching how it’s being used. Mike Lang is executive vice president of business development and strategy at Fox Networks. He spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at “THE DEAL” Technology Summit in Mountain View, Calif., about why he sees continued growth for the social networking site.

Jennifer Jones of PodTech and Cole Bader discuss how private companies which are seeking an exit need to market their company. Badar offers insights into the exit process. Packaging a company as a market leader by thinking small and owning a niche is one tip offered by the 14-year veteran ...