Opinion: Epic growth valued

Oak Hill's acquisition of Carlyle Group's majority stake
in Epic Insurance Brokers is the latest deal in what seems to be a
near-constant churn of ownership among private equity-backed
intermediaries.
But at first glance the price paid for the holding in the San
Francisco-based firm looks to be at the high end of the range, even
in a frothy segment that has seen frenzied activity in the last few
years.
The exact terms of the transaction are not known, although...