Middle Market Weekly Outlook

Happy Memorial Day, all. VentureBeat comments on the use of technology to increase profits at private equity-owned companies and the Journal tells investors what to look for in funds they want in their portfolios. Here are a couple other stories and deals to get you through the rest of the long weekend.

Deals:

• Elbit Expands with Nice Systems
• Abry acquires FastMed
• NRD takes Fischs Restaurants private
• Univision buys TheRoot.com

Opinions:

• Five Ways Buyout Firms are Building Their Defenses
• Oil & Gas Firms Devise Structures to Unlock Private Equity Cash
• Two Ways Successful Buyout Funds Stand Out Early On
• When acquirer and target in M&A talks share an auditor, purchase price can suffer
• Health-Care M&A Stays Hot with CVS-Omnicare Deal
• U.S. Private Equity Returns 11.25% in 2014
• Private Equity Keeps Busy While Industry Awaits Rebound
• In Quiet Stock Market, Whispers of an M&A Wave