Monday Morning Outlook

General solicitation begins today — but don’t expect a deluge of advertisements…

Buyouts/Investments:

• Iconix invests $25 million in Complex Media
• Pleasant Kids goes public
• PE-backed Healthcare Solutions acquires Modern Medical
• Corsair is a frontrunner to buy 315 RBS branches
• Patrick Industries completes acquisition of John H. McDonald Co
• Stone Point in talks for next buyout fund
• OpenGate Capital to acquire Shoppers from Harte-Hanks for $22.5 million
• PE-backed JP Energy buys Highway Pipeline
• Golu Capital provides one-loan debt facility to PreCision Dermatology, Inc.

Events:

• A NYC panel discussing strategies for exiting portfolio companies
• Webinar Wednesday: Preparing your company for a successful sale
• A NYC roundtable on investing in distressed companies

Other News:

• On this day in history: the end of investment banks
• Private equity paying largest percentage of fees to investment banks
• Brentwood Associates hires Scott Staff as MD
• PE veterans launch TopQ
• The barbarians are still at the gate
• Why startups fail
• 6 secrets to getting a business loan

This week in history… The Travelers Group acquires Salomon Brothers for $9 billion (1997)