U.S. Middle Market Continues Healthy Plateau

The U.S. private equity middle market remains strong, tracking relatively within the record ranges of last year. At 474 closed transactions in Q3 for a total of $80 billion in invested capital, 2015 is now at just over 1,400 deals and a total of $250 billion. That puts it on pace to not quite eclipse last year in terms of activity and just about match 2007 numbers in terms of deal count.