Monday Morning Outlook

Transactions / Funds:

• Palatine invests in Forrest secondary buyout
• LongueVue Capital invests in Ascent Aviation Services Company
• Highland Capital raises $400M for new fund
• Generational Capital Markets sold JewelPop to Lynx Equity
• MedPlast, Inc. acquires Orthoplastics
• Aratana agrees to acquire Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
• Enhanced Capital provides $10.5M of financing to Carthage Specialty Paperboard and Climax Manufacturing Company

Events:

• Thursday: John Stillwaggon hosts a webinar on Trends in Trade Finance
• The Kayo Mid-Atlantic Women’s Private Equity Conference

Other News:

• Default would be “utterly catastrophic”
• Does private equity love fro-yo?
• Small-cap equity finance market surges in Q3
• Shutdown may stall corporate M&A
• Zombie funds are leaving investors concerned and frustrated
• What it’s like to work for Jeff Bezos
• CapX launches its Energy Conservation and Performance Platform
• Will peer to peer loans replace bank loans to small businesses?
• Private equity is all in the family for these wealthy investors

This week in history… Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. purchases Paramount Pictures Corporation for $125 million (1966).