Strategic buyers

Our relaunched parent company Arizent is all about advancing communities. Mergers & Acquisitions advances the middle market with three special reports each year.

Mergers & Acquisitions is thrilled to share that our parent company has relaunched as Arizent. Duff & Phelps makes acquisition, following Stone Point deal. Wex buys payment services company. Deadline is Feb. 7 for M&A Mid-Market Awards. Last year’s winners included: Hollie Haynes of Luminate Capital Partners.

Last year’s winners included TA Associates, Nike, Fortive and Hollie Haynes, the founder of Luminate Capital Partners. Who will win this year?

FireEye purchases Cloudvisory. A group led by Stone Point buys Duff & Phelps. WHP Global acquires the rights to the Joseph Abboud brand.

Mergers & Acquisitions' parent company has relaunched as Arizent. Gryphon and Moody's buy risk management-related companies for financial services. Grocer Fairway goes bankrupt. Former TSG Alexander Panos executive forms new consumer-focused PE firm. L Catterton-backed Chop't buys burrito chain.

Funcom plans to focus resources on the open world survival segment, building on the success of its biggest seller, Conan Exiles.

Eli Lilly acquires Demira. Goldman Sachs' merchant banking division buys Aptos. Visa purchases plaid.

The transportation and logistics sector has been consolidating for years because it’s highly fragmented and companies in the space can benefit from scale.

After 2019's deluge of financial technology megadeals, investors wondered if the boom could continue into 2020.

Call for Nominations: Deadline is Feb. 7 for M&A Mid-Market Awards. We've named the 2020 Most Influential Women. What's ahead for M&A in 2020? We ask bankers from Stifel, Piper Jaffray, William Blair. In fundraising news, Siguler Guff raised its fourth fund that focuses on lower mid-market deals.