Bernard Vaughan

Several private equity firms have lined up to invest in mortgage providers and servicers in recent weeks, suggesting more firms are eager to get back into a much maligned sector as it staggers out of the Great Recession,Buyouts reports in its March 26 edition. In less than a week, between March 9 and March 14, […]

Long Ridge Equity Partners, a small New York-based private equity firm focused on the financial services industry, is seeking $100 million for its debut fund, a source close to the fundraising process told Buyouts. The source declined to say how much the firm has raised so far. The firm is not using a placement agent […]

KRG Capital Partners has been on a selling spree in recent months, which should put the Denver-based buyout firm in a promising position to raise its fifth fund. The firm has logged four exits since mid-December, returning more than $800 million to investors, according to a source close to the firm. The firm’s fourth and […]

Dodd-Frank financial reform laws think "this won't hurt a bit." But precisely--in terms of financial cost and reputation damage--what impact does an SEC investigation have?

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Daniel Gallagher, speaking at a conference yesterday, gave hope to private equity professionals that their firms might be eligible for an exemption from a new rule that requires most firms to register with the regulatory agency.

The firm's high-risk, high-reward strategy appears to have paid off with its investment in Fluid Routing Systems, which it bought in 2007 and guided through a 2009 bankruptcy.

Primus, a private equity firm based in Cleveland, has raised almost $200 million for its seventh fund, according to a March 6 regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm is trying to raise $300 million for the fund, Primus Capital Fund VII LP, according to the filing. It doesn’t look like the […]

GCP Capital Partners, the former private investment arm of investment bank Greenhill & Co., quietly closed its third fund in January with $300 million in commitments, a source close to the fundraising effort told sister magazine Buyouts. The finally tally was a good $400 million less than the $700 million firm executives had hoped to […]

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based buyout shop announced today that it has bought plastics composite company Citadel Plastics Holdings Inc. from Wind Point Partners.

Charlesbank Capital Partners' CSI Leasing should be ripe for a potential deal opportunity, Hub sister pub Buyouts reports... Should Horatio be on the case?