https://simplecast.com Welcome to The Monitor by CIBC Capital Markets. This podcast series focuses on key insights, trends and strategy in the US middle-market. 2021 The Monitor en Tue, 7 Apr 2026 13:19:48 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2026 19:37:49 +0000 https://the-monitor.simplecast.com https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/45e0c518-a723-4c2d-8373-08f14888c097/44eebdd4-a131-4e1e-aaa7-65c6f0662408/3000x3000/podcast-graphic-the-monitor.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://the-monitor.simplecast.com episodic Welcome to The Monitor by CIBC Capital Markets. This podcast series focuses on key insights, trends and strategy in the US middle-market. CIBC false https://feeds.simplecast.com/2hOiglCL CIBC mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca a159633d-9d84-4655-bb50-5fc0ab653959 Tue, 7 Apr 2026 13:19:48 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Ron Miller, Alex Eskra, Jim Olson) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/2025-recap-and-q1-2026-navigating-a-choppy-market-uW186JTY 2025 Recap and Q1 2026: Navigating a Choppy Market Ron Miller, Alex Eskra, Jim Olson 00:14:58 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. 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. false full 14 8051fad2-af16-4f57-a6f1-0b7c2abbfefe Fri, 9 Jan 2026 16:03:51 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Alex Eskra, Ron Miller, Dan Riley) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/ma-resilience-rebound-ahead-JK_h_jjE M&A Resilience & Rebound Ahead Alex Eskra, Ron Miller, Dan Riley 00:24:33 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. 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. false full 13 b0e1d569-1bc6-4a9f-b02a-b598cbdfccb8 Wed, 1 Oct 2025 15:55:32 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Ron Miller, Ryan Olsta, Alex Eskra) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/h1-2025-market-recap-navigating-continued-uncertainty-3Ub5GWjS H1 2025 market recap: Navigating continued uncertainty Ron Miller, Ryan Olsta, Alex Eskra 00:17:41 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. 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. false full 12 56e06035-e5eb-410f-9e02-1c313fde493b Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:07:10 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Alexander Eskra, Ron Miller, Ryan Chimenti) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/ma-market-rattled-by-tariff-policy-uncertainty-eOpFl38K M&A market rattled by tariff policy uncertainty Alexander Eskra, Ron Miller, Ryan Chimenti 00:18:48 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. 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. false full 11 77465135-fbd0-4fb6-a919-9670e81fad4a Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:15:13 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Dylan Harkness, Ron Miller, Alex Eskra) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/uncertainty-is-not-mas-friend-3X7BiEqB Uncertainty is not M&A’s friend Dylan Harkness, Ron Miller, Alex Eskra 00:17:21 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. 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. false full 10 9e047acd-adae-4fdd-b1fd-6d6809737c69 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:57:48 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (CIBC) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/ma-market-shows-some-signs-of-optimism-K_ld6_YN M&A market shows some signs of optimism CIBC 00:12:26 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. 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. false full 9 56275ae2-3f72-49b2-a2e5-f24a8f3042e2 Wed, 9 Oct 2024 20:49:22 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Alex Eskra, Ryan Olsta) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/deal-volumes-for-100-million-transactions-increase-90_kRa76 Deal volumes for $100 million+ transactions increase Alex Eskra, Ryan Olsta 00:15:43 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. 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. false full 8 e7add5c3-10cd-49ad-91a9-4829df98212f Mon, 8 Jul 2024 13:41:22 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Alex Eskra, Ron Miller, Ryan Chimenti) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/activity-in-the-debt-markets-appear-promising-for-ma-TYV08liu Activity in the Debt Markets appear promising for M&A Alex Eskra, Ron Miller, Ryan Chimenti 00:17:03 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. 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. false full 7 569cc95d-a009-4b34-a399-4bfbcc504380 Wed, 3 Apr 2024 16:59:41 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Jim Olson, Ron Miller, Alex Eskra) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/outlook-for-2024-is-cautiously-optimistic-_wPKTGXD Outlook for 2024 is cautiously optimistic Jim Olson, Ron Miller, Alex Eskra 00:13:45 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. 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. false full 6 b8eb2cc6-0e79-4f0b-a482-9fdf227d296b Thu, 4 Jan 2024 20:30:10 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Dan Riley, Alex Eskra, Ron Miller) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/rebound-in-the-leveraged-loan-market-CnYL4_t0 Rebound in the leveraged loan market Dan Riley, Alex Eskra, Ron Miller 00:16:04 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. 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. false full 5 c9f090dd-dc19-4d42-8210-39640049bb5e Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:19:40 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Ryan Olsta, Alex Eskra, Ron Miller) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-WJ3Fqh39 Light at the end of the tunnel? Ryan Olsta, Alex Eskra, Ron Miller 00:15:43 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. 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. false full 4 36de4655-e2f9-491a-be48-6e02c548ab95 Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:00:27 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Alex Eskra, Ron Miller) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/slower-start-to-a-potentially-strong-year-5aySSdQa Slower start to a potentially strong year Alex Eskra, Ron Miller 00:14:30 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. 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. false full 3 94a6a5c6-b4ad-4d57-822c-a9b4805b56da Wed, 5 Apr 2023 12:15:20 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (James Olson, Ron Miller, Alex Eskra) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/2022-year-in-review-EBCCDx5a 2022 Year in review James Olson, Ron Miller, Alex Eskra 00:12:04 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. 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. false full 2 ee8c303e-1f98-48a3-a78e-12e0329c1537 Mon, 9 Jan 2023 22:45:00 +0000 mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca (Alexander Eskra, Daniel Riley, Ron Miller) https://the-monitor.simplecast.com/episodes/flight-to-quality-fOOGezYn Flight to quality? Alexander Eskra, Daniel Riley, Ron Miller 00:13:42 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. 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. false full 1