The Monitor

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Ron Miller is joined by Alex Eskra and Jim Olson to discuss full-year 2025 M&A trends, including transaction volumes, private equity activity, valuations, and credit markets. Alex covers broader market signals, while Jim discusses trends within the consumer market. The outlook for 2026 is cautiously optimistic, but dealmakers are contending with a conflict in Iran, weaker jobs data, and rising oil prices. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Ron Miller is joined by Alex Eskra and Daniel Riley to discuss 2025 M&A trends, including transaction volumes, valuations, credit markets, and direct lending. Alex covers broader market signals, while Dan highlights software and technology sector momentum and the role of AI. The outlook for 2026 is optimistic, with strong deal pipelines and stable valuations. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra and Ryan Olsta join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. Ryan also provides his insights on current trends within the business services sector. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra and Ryan Chimenti join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. Ryan also provides his insights on current trends within the industrials sector. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra and Dylan Harkness join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets, as well as the outlook for 2025 and the uncertainty tariffs are creating in the market. Dylan also provides his insights on current trends within the consumer sector. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra and Dan Riley join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. Dan also provides his insights on current trends within the IT services sector. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Ryan Olsta, Managing Director, and Alex Eskra, Director, join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. Ryan also provides his insights on current trends within the business services sector. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Ryan Chimenti, Managing Director, and Alex Eskra, Director, join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. Ryan also provides his insights on current trends within the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra, Director, and Jim Olson, Executive Director, join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. Jim also provides his insights on current trends within the consumer sector. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra and Dan Riley, Directors, join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of US middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, private equity activity, valuations, and the credit markets. They also discuss current trends within the software and technology sector and Dan shares his observations in the market. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra, Director, and Ryan Olsta, Managing Director, joins Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, focusing on private equity activity, valuations, and then the credit markets. They also discuss current trends within the business services sector and whether it is a good time to launch a transaction process. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra, Director joins Ron Miller to discuss the current state of U.S. middle market M&A. They discuss M&A transaction volume, focusing on private equity activity, valuations, and then the credit markets. They also discuss current trends within the industrial sector and when is a good time to launch a transaction process. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CIBC US Middle Market Investment Banking’s Alex Eskra, Director, and Jim Olson, Executive Director, join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of the US middle market M&A landscape, transaction volumes and values, and overall credit markets. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Alex Eskra and Dan Riley, Directors at CIBC Cleary Gull, join Ron Miller to discuss the current state of the US middle market M&A landscape, transaction volumes and values, and overall credit markets. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.