Middle Market Weekly Outlook

PE fees have been in the news lately, and last week, Bloomberg took a closer look at Victor Fleischer. Private equity’s Lex Luther, he’s railed against tax loopholes around carried interest for nearly a decade. Now, “he’s going even further, suggesting Congress do away with the favorable tax rate for capital gains altogether.”

Insights

• M&A insights for Q4
• More family offices are tackling direct investment
• How big PE-backed deals affect strategic buyers
• How listed PE firms deal with low share prices
• How well do GPs bargain?
• More M&A deals are closing on weekends

Transactions

• Omnicell acquires robot manufacturer Aesynt
• Leeward acquires Infigen Energy LLC’s U.S. wind assets
• Norwest Equity invests in Christy Sports
• Paine & Partners to acquire Suba Seeds
• Nautic buys Aerostar Aerospace Manufacturing

Forum Features

• Here are the 2016 presidential candidates’ views on private equity
• How does the public market affect private equity?
• The state of business services M&A going into Q4

This Week in History… the stock market crashed hard, signaling the beginning of the Great Depression. (1929)