ACG Magazine || Fall 2026 Events Preview
Your guide to the fall conferences and chapter events connecting middle-market professionals
Resilience and Discipline in the Lower Middle Market
Chris Hendrix of TPG Twin Brook debunks myths about why there may be more inherent risk in the lower middle market
What’s Ahead for Dealmakers in H2?
ACG leaders and award recipients answer the question: What’s ahead for dealmakers in the second half of 2026?
PE Weekly: M&A Roundup for July 24-30, 2026
Financial advisory and direct lending play a particularly prominent role in this week's dealmaking activity
On the Move: July 2026 Hires and Promotions
A look at newly hired or promoted professionals across private equity firms, investment banks, private credit firms, and other middle-market M&A dealmakers and their partners
Priced Out of Rigor: Closing the Technology Diligence Gap in the Lower Middle Market
PearlWizAI founder Dev Sahoo shares how tech investors in the lower middle market can gain a competitive edge through more rigorous diligence
When Will AI Take Diligence off Senior Leaders’ Plates?
CLA highlights the areas of due diligence seeing the greatest impact by AI
Why Deal Timing Is Really a Test of Capital Readiness
In middle-market M&A, the tempo a deal demands reveals whether a business is actually ready for the capital it's asking for. Two cases in point.
PE Weekly: M&A Roundup for July 17-23, 2026
Infrastructure grabs dealmakers' attention with M&A transactions across piping, paving, shipbuilding, EV charging, and more
The Subordinated Debt Strategy for Growth
National Business Capital's Joe Camberato discusses a capital stack strategy that includes sub debt
