Bernard Vaughan

AEA is close to investing in an industrial equipment company via it's small business fund. Meanwhile, one of the managing directors overseeing its small business funds has left the firm.

Strategic Value Partners LLC, the $4 billion hedge fund and private equity house started by distressed investing guru Victor Khosla, has secured close to $270 million in approvals and commitments for a distress-for-control European opportunities buyout fund, according to a source close to the firm. The target for the fund, Strategic Value European Opportunities (USD) […]

CCMP Capital with launch fundraising for its third fund in the next eight to ten days.

A subsidiary of Swiss investment firm Pala Investments AG has sued Castle Harlan Inc. in New York over its quick flip of Norcast Wear Solutions

Executives at Fenway Partners are confident that a successful sale of 1-800 Contacts Inc. could put the beleaguered buyout shop in a position to raise another fund next year, Buyouts reported yesterday, citing two sources. The New York-based firm announced on June 4 it had agreed to sell the retailer of contact lenses and glasses […]

Several LBO shops in recent weeks have taken advantage of a reasonably healthy stock market to sell down stakes in public companies whose share prices have bloomed since going public, Buyouts reports in its June 4 edition. Separate sales on the secondary market by Blum Capital Partners, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Oaktree Capital Management, Sun Capital Partners […]

North Street Capital has put a bid on Winnebago and hopes to raise a $300 million fund. But the criminal history of one of its founders could pose serious challenges.

Arsenal Capital, which recently held a first close on its third fund, expects to hold a second close soon and has set a cap of $825 million on the fund.

Platte River Ventures is looking to upsize with its third fund.

TA Associates's latest Atlantic & Pacific fund has raised more than $1B.