Monday Morning Outlook

Transactions:

• Centare Group completes MBO with help of Hadley Capital
• Seven Miles Capital Partners to acquire Microporous Products
• Malvern Instruments acquires NanoSight
• Pacific Rubiales announces strategic acquisition of Petrominerales
• Twitter plans to make its IPO filing public this week
•  Riverstone-backed Pattern Energy Group prices IPO at $22.00 per share
• Antero Resources launches IPO plans this morning
• Arle Capital sells Qioptiq and refinances Hilding Anders
• Monday Mega-deal: Vista Equity Partners offered to buy Active Network for $1.05 billion

Events:

• Webinar Wednesday: State of the Energy M&A Markets

Other News:

• Accounting firms face exit challenges as founders retire
• Private equity does a lot of public good — and is making a comeback
• 5 ways raising capital is changing
• 8 tips for successfully pitching an investor
• Big businesses say their small business lending is up
• AXA is spinning off its private equity arm

This week in history…The New York Stock Exchange opens its office at 11 Wall Street (1922).