America's Best Midsize Employers 2019 (Forbes)

Forbes has published their 2019 list of best midsize employers, breaking it into lists for 1,000 to 5,000 employees, and 5,000+; read about it here.

Good Overview on Midmarket Sales Strategies

Gilroy Associates offers a succinct yet valuable glimpse into ways companies can approach launching a midmarket sales strategy.

Midmarket M&A News: May 14, 2019

Some recent deals

Golub: Private Midmarket Companies Revenues, Earnings Grow Nearly 10% in Q1

The Golub Capital Altman Index for Q1 showed midmarket companies grew revenues and earnings nearly double-digits. Read more here.

Impact of Trade Tarrifs on a Middle Market Company

From the Washington Post last week, an article on how one midmarket company is feeling the effects of tarrifs -- read more here.

Midmarket Investor Demand Outpacing Deal Supply

According to a report by Reuters, midmarket institutional loan yields fell last quarter after six consecutive quarterly increases, due in part to an increasing amount of cash coming in from alternative lending sources. Read their entire analysis here.

January Midmarket M&A Summary

January was a busy month for M&A in the middle market, especially in tech M&A (including, but not limited to, AI and data management), according to Mergers & Acquisitions. Read more here.

Treating Data as an Asset in Midmarket Organizations

Forbes on how to use data as an asset to grow your midmarket company's valuation.

Middle Market PE Fundraising Flat in 2018

Pitchbook reports that "investors closed on 130 middle market PE funds in 2018" (on $110B), representing a 22% drop in the number of funds (and a 6% drop in the dollars). That said, 2018 represented the 4th-highest annual total in the last decade.

Midmarket Firms Showing Signs of Pessimism

According to a recent Barlow Research Economic Pulse report,  middle-market firms have started to show pessimism following the recent government shutdown -- concerns include reduced sales forecasts to go along with worries of a recession beginning in 2019 or 2020. For more information, visit the BusinessWire summary here.

6 Attitudes of Successful Midmarket Leaders

SAP sponsored an IDC research report on 'Becoming a Better-Run Midsize Company'. SAP's Global Partner Marketing Head, Meaghan Sullivan, posted part 1 of a 6-part series based on that research in Digitalist Magazine. In this first post, she writes about the 6 attitudes that successful midmarket leaders need; it's a good read.

Reputation Management for Middle Market Firms

http://www.sbnonline.com/article/reputation-middle-market-firm/

National Center for the Middle Market's Tom Stewart on high-performance strategies for midmarket companies

https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/7-strategies-high-performers-middle-market

Mid-sized Companies Dominate the World Lithium Market

According to this article from Nikkei Asian Review, just 5 midmarket companies account for 70% of the world's Lithium output.

Midmarket M&A News: SAIC Completes Acquisition of Engility

Washington Post article reviews how M&A activity is heating up in the government contracting market.

Middle Market Companies Reskilling for Digital Transformation

From Deloitte's 2018 "Mid-Market Technology Trends Report": '61% of middle market firms are reskilling employees to realize the greatest possible benefit from new technology tools'.

US Midmarket Revenues Grew Nearly 11% in Q4

According to the latest Golub Capital Middle Market Report, the midmarket economy remained strong, with companies posting 10.6% revenue increases to go along with year-over-year earnngs growth of over 13%, led by earnings growth in the tech sector alone of over 30%.

CFO on "The Explosion of Middle Market Lending Options"

As important as the middle market is to the US GDP (estimated as high as 1/3), access to capital has long been a challenge for midmarket leaders. But according to an article in last month's cfo.com, private credit has increased dramatically, but that lending doesn't come without some challenges (e.g. higher cost of capital).

Entrepreneur Magazine on What to Expect From the Middle Market in 2019

The article quotes Deloitte research to focus on three key initiatives: 1) Prioritizing employees skills, 2) M&A, and 3) Cybersecurity.

BDO Releases 2019 Middle Market Digital Transformation Survey

BDO's 2019 Middle Market Digital Transformation Survey revealed a trove of data, including that 72% of organizations surveyed plan to replace or upgrade legacy IT systems, and that the #1 barrier to implementing digital initiatives is a lack of skills or insufficient training. This aligns well with PwC's recent CEO Survey, which showed that 63% of CEOs are concerned about the availability of key skills.

National Center for Middle Market Releases Middle Market Retail Report

The National Center for the Middle Market last month released their Middle Market Retail report, within which they quote that middle market retail has outpaced US retail growth (4%) since 2010 (hint: digital transformation is part of that). Download the report here.

Middle Market M&A to Remain Strong in 2019

According to Mergers & Acquisitions, midmarket companies remain optimistic about M&A in 2019: https://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/most-middle-market-companies-expect-to-do-m-a-in-2019