Bernard Vaughan

Joseph Massoud, the founder of buyout firm Compass Group Management settled insider trading charges the Securities and Exchange Commission had brought against him.

Mid-market buyout shop Corinthian Capital Group LLC is prepping its sophomore fund, Buyouts has learned.

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.

For the last few years now there’s been a lot of talk about how much committed capital buyout firms have at their disposal. The Private Equity Growth Capital Council, for example, puts the number for this so-called global dry powder at $372 billion, excluding leverage. But what does this mean for individual limited partners? To […]

Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners has raised $260 million for its third buyout fund, and is planning on closing the fund in February, a source close to the process told Buyouts.

Seven Mile Capital Partners, a spin-out from Citigroup Inc., is close to selling a portfolio company for the first time under its new banner.

Veritas Capital Management partners are getting down to the difficult task of assessing the firm’s future following the unexpected death of firm Founder and Chairman Robert McKeon, who committed suicide at his Connecticut home on Sept. 10.

GTCR LLC has agreed to sell Landmark Aviation to The Carlyle Group for $625 million, which would generate a modest return after the Chicago-based firm shepherded the aviation services company through a recession that nearly crippled it and wiped out GTCR’s investment.

Siris Capital Group expects to close its debut fund at $600 million around Thanksgiving, $200 million more than its target, a source close to the process told Buyouts.

Jefferies & Co. Inc. has been hired to shop ADCO Global Inc., a maker of adhesives and sealants, for its owner Aurora Capital Group, two sources told Buyouts.