Monday Morning Outlook

Transactions:

• Solar Senior Capital acquires Gemino Healthcare Finance
• The Jordan Company has bought Watchfire Signs
• SEP completes Tryzens MBO
• Darling International to acquire Vion Ingredients
• Sanchez Energy completes the Wycross Acquisition
• Backbone Capital Advisors assists OpenGate Capital in acquisition of PennySaver
• Cambden Partners invests in Ingo Money
• Inflexion buys online travel agent On The Beach from Isis Equity Partners

Events:

• M&A East on Tuesday and Wednesday

Other News:

• Why investor packs go straight in the trash
• A breakup may be on the horizon for BlackBerry
• Hospital mergers growing amid health care overhaul
• Q3 PE deal slowdown — blamed on 2012 tax rush
• US PE firms on the defensive amid budget cuts
• Why equity crowdfunding isn’t a threat to venture capital (or private equity)

This week in history… Charles Henry Dow, founder of the Wall Street Journal, begins tracking trends of stocks and bonds (1897).