Monday Morning Outlook

Transactions:

• RCS Capital Corp to acquire Investors Capital Holdings
• Odyssey to sell One Call Care Management to Apax
• AccelPath acquires stake in Energy Innovative Products
• Endurance International Group Holdings debuts IPO
• JMJ Associates announces equity investment agreement with 3i
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to acquire John Deere Landscapes

Events:

• Tuesday Webinar: The 5 Pillars of Business Growth
• Wednesday: Axial Members Fall Summit

Other News:

• Now is the time to sell your business
• These pensions made a killing with private equity
• Consumer deals fall out of fashion for private equity
• Confidence is building in European M&A markets
• NYSE runs Twitter IPO test (to avoid Facebook part II)
• Wave of PE money flows into shipping
• 41% of US companies plan to pursue an acquisition in the next 12 months

This week in history… 16 million shares were sold on the stock market on Black Tuesday, marking the single worst day in stock market history (1929).