Last month PDI attended the sprawling ACG InterGrowth conference in New Orleans, where private equity honchos, debt managers, banks, service providers and mid-market company executives all gathered to talk deal making. Dozens of firms had booths set up to advertise their services, while many managers arranged meetings on the sidelines to pitch prospective clients, compare notes on interest rates, gossip about competitors and talk about which would be the best party that night.
