Tim Clifford, president and CEO of lower-middle-market specialty finance firm Abacus Finance Group LLC, talks to The Deal Pipeline at the ACG New York 2012 conference about why lower-middle-market dealflow sees activity, as well as proprietary dealflow. For more from ACG New York, watch "High Road's Robert Fitzsimmons on what's next for PE" and "Branford Castle's John S. Castle on new investments, European spillover." - Sarah Hashim-Waris