Lower Middle Market Weekly Outlook

It’s a good day for Seahawks fans…

Transactions:

• Valeant to buy PreCision Dermatology for $475 million
• MEP Group acquires Artmetco
• Grey Mountain Partners acquires Dimex LLC
• BioScrip to sell Deaconess HomeCare to LHC Group
• Brookside Mezzanine Partners closes Fund III
• Vector Capital buys CollabNet
• Kinderhook acquires GlobalHealth
• Wasserstein & Co. buys Recorded Books
• Endo completes acquisition of Boca Phamacal

Events:

• Tuesday: Axial Winter Summit East in NYC
• Wednesday: House Committee on Financial Services hears “The Impact of Volcker Rule on Job Creators, Part II”
• Thursday: Axial Winter Summit West in San Francisco

Opinions:

• PE firms play major role in defense industry today
• Private equity firms’ fees get a closer look
• Fear be damned: This is the time to invest in emerging markets
• Eight essential questions for every corporate innovator

This week in history…The Bank of the United States, Alexander Hamilton’s attempt at a national banking system, is closed (1841).