Private Equity
Frontenac Co., a 41-year-old firm that has faced serious challenges in the last decade, is making headway on its tenth fund.
2 min read · 18 December 2012
GI Partners is preliminary discussions with its investors about raising its fourth flagship buyout fund, which will likely seek $1.5 billion. Unlike GI Partners’ previous funds, which targeted deals in the U.S. and Europe, Fund IV will target deals only in North America.
2 min read · 11 December 2012
Joseph Massoud, the co-founder of buyout firm Compass Group Management, settled insider trading charges the Securities and Exchange Commission had brought against him.
3 min read · 04 December 2012
Joseph Massoud, the founder of buyout firm Compass Group Management settled insider trading charges the Securities and Exchange Commission had brought against him.
3 min read · 04 December 2012
The Carlyle Group has closed an energy-focused mezzanine fund, the first energy fund the firm has ever raised by itself. But the fund also raises questions about how the firm is approaching the booming energy industry following its long partnership with Riverstone.
4 min read · 27 November 2012
Mid-market buyout shop Corinthian Capital Group LLC is prepping its sophomore fund, Buyouts has learned.
1 min read · 20 November 2012
Sovereign wealth funds and other new investors, as well as a staff build-out, enabled Advent International to close its seventh global buyout fund with €8.5 billion ($10.8 billion) in commitments.
2 min read · 12 November 2012
3 min read · 06 November 2012
Buyout firms eyeing growth opportunities have delved into the automotive sector in recent months, betting that the industry will continue to rebound from its near-death experience in the financial crisis.American Securities, The Carlyle Group, Madison Dearborn Partners, and TPG Capital are amount those investing in a sector dominated during the downturn by turnaround firms like KPS Capital Partners and Sun Capital Partners.
2 min read · 30 October 2012
Valor Equity Partners, a firm whose portfolio includes an electric car maker and a company that builds spacecraft and rockets, is getting ready to raise its third fund, a source close to the firm told Buyouts.
1 min read · 18 October 2012
