Houlihan Lokey is pleased to present its latest report, offering a comprehensive snapshot of the active lifestyle market, key consumer trends, and emerging opportunities.
This edition of The Takeaway features Khuram Maqsood, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group, who explores why Middle Eastern limited partners (LPs) are more likely than LPs in other regions to be under-allocated to mid-cap private equity, and makes the case for why regional investors should consider making this a larger portion of their portfolios.
Steven Levitt, Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey, sits down with Focus Financial Partners CEO Michael Nathanson to discuss the evolution of Focus, the strategic rationale behind the firm’s take-private transaction, key industry trends, and how Focus is solidifying its position as the home of choice for leading fiduciary advice professionals.
In this edition of The Takeaway, Garyth Stone, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer Group, explains how the vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS) sector is being transformed by a shift toward preventive wellness, creating resilient growth opportunities. With strong consumer loyalty and rising private equity interest, this market offers an attractive blend of structural growth and economic resilience.
Houlihan Lokey is pleased to present its Governance, Risk, and Compliance Market Update, which highlights major trends and investment activity in the sector.
In this edition of The Takeaway, Burke Smith, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group, discusses the recent rise of interest within the time-critical logistics sector.
In this sector spotlight, readers can survey the impact of new challenges and opportunities arising and advancing at an exciting pace across an index of consumer verticals.
In this edition of The Takeaway, Disha Mehta, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group, discusses the current levels of M&A activity in the facilities and residential services sector, the sector’s attractive characteristics for investors, and what we can expect over the next few years as the space continues to grow and evolve.
In this edition of The Takeaway, Vieri Betti Guaraldi, Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Solutions, Italy, discusses how the rise of private credit is transforming Italy’s lending landscape—bridging funding gaps, offering flexible capital solutions, and signalling a broader shift toward an evolving and increasingly diversified financing ecosystem.
In this edition of The Takeaway, Matthew Dodd, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Accounting and Financial Reporting Advisory practice, and Daniel Klausner, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group, share their thoughts on the IPO landscape, the resurgence of dual-track processes, and key issues for companies considering a public listing in the current market.
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