Middle Market Weekly Outlook

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August 17, 2015

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Good morning, all. The Wall Street Journal reports that M&A borrowing has surged amid deal splurge. The Fed is right now debating whether to raise interest rates later this year.

Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that some savvy investors have found ways to indirectly profit from valuable start-ups, confident “there is money to be made on this big gap between public and private company valuations.”

Transactions

GI Partners acquires Kansas City data center
TPG Real Estate to acquire TriGranit
TDR Capital to sell Lowell Group to Permira
Capital South Growth Fund invests in Fresh Dining Concepts
Private equity group Penta to buy Czech newspaper company
Wafra sells Best Lighting to Corinthian Capital
Equistone Partners buys Wealth at Work
Abraaj invests in Urbano

Opinions

M&A borrowing hits a fresh record amid deal splurge
U.S to charge hackers that tapped early deal news
A realistic look at startup investing
Investors find ways to indirectly profit from valuable startups
Private equity healthcare M&A small slice of record July
M&A deal activity on pace for record year
A new inning for impact investing
On the defensive, the S.E.C quietly pursues high-profile cases
Secondaries players debate ‘third option’ in fund restructurings
M&A deal activity on pace for record year
Family office direct investing in private equity deals
Ease on federal spending cuts prompts deals
Middle market companies can learn from Warren Buffet’s elephant deal to acquire Precision Castparts
How to make private equity honest
2014 private equity compensation trends
M&A the Buffet way
The biggest buyouts from before the crisis — where are they now?
Impact investor leads charge for “clean money” to create change
Red-hot M&A doesn’t signal a bubble
Why you shouldn’t lose sleep over the tech boom

This week in history… Wang Laboratories falls prey to the intense competition of the computer industry and files for Chapter 11. It was a hard fall for one of the industry’s oldest and most ambitious companies. (1982)