At The Deal's Fifth Annual Private Capital Symposium Marc Kramer, Managing Director at Fenway Partners,James Epstein, Partner at Pepper Hamilton, and Steven Rattner, Managing Director at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners spoke about the middle market valuations. "I think sellers are understanding that the type of multiples they could sell at in '06 were unprecedented, unrealistic, and probably not going to happen again in the near future," Rattner said. For more check out www.thedeal.com/blogs