We are pleased to present the 2013 edition of Connections in the Middle Market, our annual review of the year in private equity, titled "Global Private Equity: The Middle Market." The magazine features extensive analysis and interviews with partners from global private equity firm The Riverside Company, which last year topped PitchBook's list of most active investors and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2013.

Through interviews with many of Riverside's senior leaders, balanced with the views of University of Chicago Professor Steven Kaplan, this issue of Connections explores the state and direction of global private equity, noting particular growth in the middle-market that is being fueled by a variety of sources, including increased LP commitments and sovereign wealth funds. The Annual Review provides global dealmaking, exit and fundraising statistics for 2012 and goes beyond the numbers to offer an in-depth look at the middle-market buyout business. We invite your reactions and commentary as you review these chapters:

  • Global Private Equity Year in Review 2012
  • The Global Private Equity Landscape
  • U.S. & North America
  • The World According to Riverside
  • Europe
  • Asia/Pacific

The Annual Review is available in Flash or as a PDF.

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