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Generalist Funds Are Not Dead

“If you can deliver to your investors what they’re looking for, generalist funds are not dead,” says Gretchen Perkins of Huron Capital Partners LLC in this video, shot at ACG InterGrowth 2013. Buying lower-middle-market companies and pursuing add-on deals is still Huron’s strategy, she explains, but the nuances of present-day fund raising have changed. For more coverage of Huron, see the most recent edition of editor-in-chief Mary Kathleen Flynn’s column, “Private Equity Perspective: Prepared Firms Prevail.”
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  • SLIDESHOW

    The M&A Scene: CEO Leadership
    Dealmakers gathered at the Harvard Club in New York on May 7 as part of ACG NY's CEO Leadership event. Peter Gonye, a co-leader within Spencer Stuart's private equity practice in North America was the keynote speaker. Panelists included M. Tatum Pursell, senior adviser, Unlimited Horizons; Tony Ecock, general partner, Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe; Jim Follett, former CEO of Authentic Response Inc.; Doron Grosman, operating partner, Court Square Capital; and Joelle Marquis, partner, Arsenal Capital.

    Watercooler

    10 Startups Marissa Mayer Bought Before Tumblr
    Summly, a news-sharing service Yahoo picked up in March for $30 million, tops the list of purchases the new CEO made before the $1.1B deal for Tumblr

    Dealmakers

    3Qs With…Chris Randall, executive vice president, NBH Capital Finance
    NBH Capital Finance will focus on the lower middle market

    Columns

    Remark Media Refocuses on Young Adults
    Remark has operated at a loss since inception but is now focusing on growing its personal finance group, as well as media properties

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    ESOP, Recapitalization

    Agriculture, Natural Resources

    New York, Hong Kong

    Northeast US, Asia/Pacific

    United States, Canada

     

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    Business Services

    PPG Expands Aerospace Coatings Business with Deft Deal


    Deft manufactures structural primers and military topcoats for the North American aviation industry

    Alliant, Bellisio Foods, TransDigm


    Alliant buys Savage Sports; Bellisio Foods picks up Overhill Farms; TransDigm purchases Arkwin Industries

    Perficient Buys Salesforce Support Co.


    The buyer assists businesses in using Internet-based technology

    Safeguard Buys Forms Systems


    Forms Systems manages customer print and branded products

    Citic Capital Buys IT Co. AsiaInfo-Linkage for $890M


    AsiaInfo-Linkage, a Chinese company, provides IT services and software to the telecommunications industry

    Capita Buys Training Simulations Designer


    The target, G2G3, designs simulations, virtual environments and organizational-change management programs used by HP and Microsoft

    Grupo San Cayetano and JZ International Create Oneworld Packaging


    Oneworld Packaging, a joint venture, manufactures biodegradable containers

    Onex buys Nielsen Expositions for $950M


    Nielsen, a subsidiary of ratings agency Nielsen Holdings, operates business-to-business tradeshows

    ABB Picks Up Environmental Monitoring Service Co.


    The target, Los Gatos Research, provides analyzers and services to measure trace gasses and isotopes for research and environmental monitoring

    CTPartners Acquires Executive Search Firm Augmentum


    CTPartners, also an executive search firm, finds employees for private equity and venture capital firms

    HIG Capital Closes Deal for Recycled Product Maker


    The target, Caraustar, manufactures paperboard tubes, cartons and paper products from recycled material

    Arsenal Capital Adds Arnco to Dash Multi-Corp.


    Both Arnco and Dash develop vinyl products

    A&G Realty Partners, CIT Group, Satori Capital


    A&G hires Charming Shoppes-veteran, CIT promotes within trade finance unit, Satori names new operating partner

    Avista Capital Offers $253M for Telular


    Telular provides wireless monitoring and tracking services for security systems

    Facebook Buys Mobile App Development Co. Parse


    The deal for Parse, which helps companies like the Food Network, Giorgio Armani, the Travel Channel and Cisco develop mobile applications, follows a flurry of startup purchases from competitors Yahoo and Google

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