Curious about engaging a broker/ sale side advisor in Canada/ USA:

by a searcher from INSEAD

1 year ago

For all brokers / sell side advisors in the group: What is the benefit of engaging brokers /sell-sided advisors. 
In particular,  are the deal sourced from these are:

-	Off-market / Sourcing: Are the deals exclusive to one broker/sell side advisor?  I see similar deals listed on some online platforms which tells me they are heavily shopped and end up with the highest bidder. 

-	Due diligence: Do brokers/ sell side advisors perform additional due diligence on the companies they represent or they relay the message from the owner?

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searcher

I will be following this thread as I am interested.

5 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from University of Virginia

It varies a lot by the broker. Some try to vet their deals to a fair degree and can be pretty transparent (so they don't waste time later down the road). Others seem to just throw spaghetti at the wall. You just have to look at different broker's deals to get a feel in my opinion/experience.

7 months ago | like reply | 1 like

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