Lower Middle Market Weekly Outlook

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, all.

Transactions:

• Mega-deal: Vodafone to buy Ono for $10.03 billion
• Peak Rock Capital acquires Koroseal Interior Products
• Giant Interactive is going private in a $3 billion buyout
• Sun Capital Partners to acquire Aclara Technologies
• Incline Equity Partners recaps Hartland Controls
• Blackford Capital acquires Grand Transformers
• Kinderhook sells IDQ to Armored AutoGroup

Legal/Regulatory News: Scott Gluck’s Private Fund Update — this week focuses on the release of the Housing Finance Bill, five bills pass the House Financial Services Committee, and the Chamber’s agenda to change Dodd-Frank.

Events:

• Thursday: A roundtable discussion on the Competitive Advantage of Operating Partners
• Thursday: A webinar on the M&A Opportunities in the Internet of Things
• Thursday: 2014 West Coast M&A Conference

Opinions:

• Private equity firms embrace outsourcing
• Deloitte survey finds North America remains market of choice for M&A
• On eve of stress tests, Fed asks banks for more info
• Advice for successfully getting a small business loan
• The House of Cards guide to leadership
• Yes, private equity and the stock market still need each other

This week in history…. Capital Cities Communications acquired ABC (1985).