Lower Middle Market Weekly Outlook

Transactions:

• DoubleBeam acquires GoPago
• Ferrellgas acquires Motor Propane Service
• PTS acquires A1CNow
• TPG to buy Arden Group for $394 million
• Ares Capital acquires loan portfolio for $319 million
• The Riverside Company sells Arena to Capvis

Events:

• Many dealmakers to sing Christmas carols, drink eggnog, and visit family this week

Other News:

• Micro private equity: The art of acquiring small businesses
• Distressed homes attract private equity funds
• The complete guide to setting goals
• Why profitable, growing companies can’t get financing
• Should investors buy growth or value?
• IPO investors score best year since tech boom

This week in history…the Celler-Kefauver Act, which gave the government the ability to prevent vertical mergers and conglomerate mergers, is signed into law (1950).