Allied Capital Corporation

Allied Capital is a private equity investment firm and mezzanine capital lender providing debt and equity capital for leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and restructurings of established businesses. Allied operates as a Business Development Company, a form of publicly traded private equity company and is among the largest BDCs. Allied invests primarily in middle-market companies in the business services, financial services, consumer products industrial, health care, retail and energy sectors. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City. Allied Capital Corporation was founded in 1958 and completed its first public offering of stock in 1960 on the OTC. In 2001, Allied was listed on the New York Stock Exchange....