Lower Middle Market Weekly Outlook

Transactions:

• Arsenal Capital Partners acquires Flowchem
• LABSCO acquires J&S Medical Associates
• Almost Family completes acquisition of SunCrest HealthCare
• Petroflow Energy to acquire Equal Energy
• 3P Equity and Silver Sail Capital are acquiring Visioneering
• Quanta Services sells shares in Howard Energy for $221 million
• Aramark Holdings schedules third IPO for Thursday

Events:

• Tuesday roundtable: The shifting retail landscape
• Webinar Wednesday: How deal professionals can leverage Twitter

Other News:

• 8 key questions to expect in investor due diligence
• Three cheers for small banks
• Why Wall Streeters are smiling about next year
• Trilantic Capital ‘bullish’ about energy investing
• PE has become more attractive after the global financial crisis
• The rise of PE investment in mining & resources

This week in history… The plan to create U.S. Steel, through the merger of Carnegie Steel and the National Steel Company, is drafted by Charles Schwab (1900).