Middle Market Weekly Outlook

Will M&A slow down? Big banks are confident that everything will continue chugging without interruption… but investments are a bit more skeptical given the volatile market. Plus, increasing antitrust scrutiny could stand in the way of megadeals, along with other factors.

Insights

• PE’s not-so-golden age
• 10 predictions for private equity in 2016
• What’s in store for PE deals?
• Accountants should act in the public interest
• PE firms will be more active this year
• Despite market dive, CEOs are optimistic
• Activist investor surge means more M&A

Transactions

• Guardian Capital buys Hyper Pet
• PE-backed oil producer buys Texas acreage
• iM Square acquires minority stake in Polen Capital Management
• Riverside acquires Vital Media
• LinCap invests in Glynlyon
• Thompson Street Capital recaps BioIVT

This Week in History… The Supreme Court enacts the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, enabling Congress to levy a federal income tax. (1916)