Spring 2018
Akash Pulluru
THE IMPACT OF TAX REFORM ON THE PE INDUSTRY

On December 19th, a Republican-controlled Congress narrowly passed a tax reform bill. This bill represents the most significant tax overhaul since 1986 and has profound implications for the private equity industry. Although this administration is often chastised for being overly friendly to private equity barons, the reality of this bill is far more complicated.

Spring 2017

ONEX CORPORATION FILLS ITS SWEET TOOTH

As of early January, Connecticut based buyout firm L Catterton is looking to close a deal to sell Ferrara Candy to Canadian Onex Corp.  Onex has apparently won the auction for the confectionary company, beating out other private equity firms hoping to pay over a 10 figure sum to buyout the maker of Trolli gummies.  The deal is supposedly valuing Ferrara at $1.3 Billion according to Reuters, making the deal a rare billion-dollar transaction in the confectionary sector.

SECRET DOUBLE OCTOPUS: VC AND CYBERSECURITY

Cybersecurity is evolving at a pace not seen in virtually any other sector of the economy. Every year, the landscape changes completely as cybersecurity firms try to keep up with malicious hackers. In the last year, we saw an unprecedented number of large-scale hacks that has brought cybersecurity into the mainstream. 167 million users had their LinkedIn information compromised in May. The DNC was attacked, which resulted in the exposure of thousands of emails and other personal information