PE will underwrite a deal down to the decimal and then hire a VP of Growth like it’s a pub bet.
EQT is paying $2 billion for the specialty broker Warburg seeded in 2019. The more interesting sale happened in December 2024, and the buyer was Warburg.
Two bids sat a penny apart for a month. Veritas found 25 more, and the shares now trade above the price that won.