Middle Market Weekly Outlook

With M&A transaction values this year at a record high, Forbes digs into whether the boom is sustainable. Meanwhile, MarketWatch explores whether investors should be worried about the similarities between now and 2007.

Insights

• The consumer rules in private equity
• Are PE fee disclosures incomplete?
• Private equity, meet marijuana
• Should investors be worried about the M&A boom…
• … and is it sustainable?
• Operating partners in the spotlight

Transactions: 

• SnapAV acquires SunBrite TV
• Playful secures $25 million in funding
• Tiger, Meritage Funds, and Platform Partners invest in SmartSky
• Takeda Ventures invests $3.3 million in Univercells SA
• Berkshire Partners to buy majority of Affordable Care Inc. from American Capital Equity
• Jifiti takes in $3.3 mln
• GTGC sells sells AssuredPartners to Apax Partners
• Northern Seed buys Triticale from Syngenta
• Navient buys Xtend

Forum Features

• Aren’t you sick of Capital Grille yet?
• Don’t leave these clauses out of your next NDA
• Common mistakes family offices make in direct investing

This Week in History… The 40-hour work week was established by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The act also established the national minimum wage and “time and a half” pay for overtime, in addition to prohibiting child labor. Today, some companies are harkening back to the time of the “true” 40-hour work week, saying goodbye to weekend work and after-hours emailing.