Bailey & Company’s senior team was in Miami for the McDermott HPE Miami Conference (HPE), March 5-6. With attendance over 2100, up around 25% from last year, the conference has now supplanted JPM as one of the most important events for the healthcare private equity ecosystem. Numerous sponsors expressed frustration that the pipelines bankers advertised at JPM have not yet materialized into deal flow, with many bankers pushing previously touted Q2 launches out to Q3, Q4, or early 2026, or declining to state concrete timelines. The same complaint about deals promised at JPM not materializing also arose at HPE in 2023 and 2024.
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