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Healthcare

Health Care Takes Debt Mart by Storm

March 11, 2010 - Loan and bond markets provide attractive terms. Some participants ask: is there too much supply from the industry sector?

Guess Who's Come to the Middle Market?

February 18, 2010 - Bulge-bracket firms have a bigger presence than many think, and Goldman Sachs is a dominant force.

PEs' Return to Roll-Ups Gathers Steam

February 4, 2010 - PE firms are shopping for bite-sized acquisitions in the new post-LBO world, but will today's roll-up pan out?

IDD Deal of the Year Awards

January 28, 2010 - In this year’s roster of IDD Deal of the Year honorees, special guest participants include Congress, the FDIC, an angry public and Spider-Man.

Boutique Bank of the Year: Evercore Partners

January 28, 2010 - Newcomers and an old-school investment banking model that focuses on advice helped Evercore boost revenue.

Bank of the Year: Goldman Sachs

January 28, 2010 - Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein describes how the firm responded to criticism from Capitol Hill and Main Street by producing returns and holding its head high.

Health Care Deal of the Year: Pfizer Buys Wyeth

January 28, 2010 - Pfizer and Wyeth overcame more than their fair share of challenges to bring a groundbreaking deal to fruition.

Private Equity Deal of the Year: Warner Chilcott's P&G Unit Buy Was a Balm for PE

January 28, 2010 - By acquiring a Proctor & Gamble unit, Warner Chilcott may have helped revive the leveraged loan business.

An Earnout Is in the Eye of the Beholder

January 28, 2010 - Coming to agreements over earnouts can be pretty difficult and they often are abandoned before they are implemented.

Jefferies’ Health Team Grows

January 21, 2010 - Jefferies & Co. definitely has caught the health care bug. The investment bank this month added four more professionals to its health care banking team, bringing the total number of new hires in the sector in the last six months to 50. The push is part of an effort to grab market share in an industry that plays an increasingly important role in the nation’s economy. The new recruits are Dan Decelles, a managing director…

Morgan Stanley's 2010: A 'Strategic' Year for M&A

January 14, 2010 - Michael Boublik, a 20-year veteran of Morgan Stanley's mergers and acquisitions practice, may look back at 2009 as one of the most challenging chapters of his career. It was a rough-and-tumble year that started with a great deal of uncertainty for Wall Street, but ended on a positive note that likely will drive broad-based M&A activity in 2010.

Will PE Shortfall Impair Dealmaking?

January 14, 2010 - The private-equity industry raised less capital in 2009, leaving many firms with a shortfall of money for new purchases.

Principles-Based Reserving

January 7, 2010 - New NAIC rules could affect various aspects of the life insurance business in the U.S.

Issuance, M&A on Tap; Firms Prep for Busier Year

January 7, 2010 - The capital markets' rebound in 2009 paved the way for a new flurry of debt, IPO and M&A mandates to fuel corporate growth plans.

Upbeat CEOs to Drive '10 M&A

December 17, 2009 - The pace of mergers and acquisitions declined this year, but the dollar volume of activity will likely bounce back to over $3 trillion next year, according to an informal survey of the market by IDD.