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Sale Leaseback and M&A News

From sale leasebacks to M&A, we cover the strategies shaping today’s most important capital decisions. Explore market trends, real case studies, and expert perspectives designed to help business owners and financial sponsors make smarter, more informed decisions.

Journal Article15 Oct 2026 Earnouts: How Sellers Can Evaluate Value Beyond Cash at Closing A recent Axial article, “An Earnout Is Not Purchase Price,” raises an important point about how sellers evaluate acquisition offers. Cash at closing and ... Read The Article Journal Article28 Sep 2026 Higher Interest Rates Put Corporate Real Estate Back in Focus The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank raised interest rates in September, adding a new complication for companies weighing acquisitions, ... Read The Article Journal Article22 Sep 2026 Sale Leaseback vs. Traditional Real Estate Financing Companies seeking liquidity from owned real estate generally have two primary options: borrow against the property or complete a sale leaseback. Read The Article Journal Article11 Sep 2026 The Capital Your Business Needs May Already Be in Your Real Estate Many businesses need capital to repay debt, purchase equipment, increase production, finance an acquisition, or provide liquidity to shareholders. Yet a ... Read The Article Journal Article1 Sep 2026 Want to Sell Your Business Someday? Start Making Yourself Less Important For many business owners, being indispensable can feel like a sign of success. Read The Article Journal Article28 Aug 2026 Sale Leasebacks as a Private Equity Value Creation Tool in Mexico By Nina Valtchanov For private equity firms investing in Mexico, owned operating real estate can be more than a balance sheet asset. When evaluated alongside ... Read The Article Journal Article24 Aug 2026 A CFO’s Guide to Corporate Real Estate and Better Capital Allocation For many companies, real estate is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet. Manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, headquarters, and other ... Read The Article Journal Article24 Aug 2026 Powell vs. Warsh: Two Visions for the Federal Reserve The transfer of power at the Federal Reserve is usually designed to be uneventful. Chairs overlap with their successors, frameworks carry forward, and markets ... Read The Article Journal Article10 Aug 2026 Who Owns Football (Soccer)? Sam Jacobs is a Head of Canadian M&A and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Ascension Advisory. Sam pursued graduate studies in Sport History at Western ... Read The Article Journal Article27 Jul 2026 How Younger Entrepreneurs Are Financing Blue-Collar Businesses When Forbes recently examined the growing trend of millennials acquiring blue-collar businesses, it highlighted a shift that has been building across the lower ... Read The Article