Commentary

An exclusive on a family-owned electrical contractor from Oregon that’s for sale; insights from Goldman Sachs’ H2 M&A Outlook report, in which the firm presents its expected timeline for market recovery.

Nodor, which is backed by Inflexion, has acquired Autodarts, an auto-scoring hardware and software business.

A dive into deals in the physical medicine and rehabilitation sector and explore what PM&R is about; a look at a healthcare IT acquisition by Bain Capital within the payer sector and its merger with another of the firm’s portcos, and a similar healthcare IT investment this week by Goldman Sachs and Avista Healthcare Partners.

Babcock Wanson Group, a portfolio company of Ambienta and Kartesia, has acquired ACT Andaluces.

Three Hills-backed advisory group LCap has acquired Peoplewise.

A look at some of our recent stories that you may have missed, including: our quarterly report on Q2 – which delivered the lowest volume of completed private equity deals since the same quarter in 2020; 15 notable deals that managed to close in the first half of the year, despite the uncertainty in the market; reaction to the executive order that helps pave the way toward opening up 401(k) and other workplace retirement plans to alternative assets.

Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) is acquiring Mait, a mid-market IT consultancy and software integration business, from 3i Group via an MBO.