Private Equity/LBO News

GTCR Golder Rauner has committed $50-100 million of additional capital to fund tuck-in acquisitions for APS Healthcare, said Joe Nolan, principal.

Clarity Partners and Lehman Brothers's private equity arm are ready to inject more capital into Modern Luxury to finance an expansion of the luxury magazine publisher through rolling... 2007-06-11

Vestar Capital Partners is on the lookout for talent to join its expanding healthcare group.

Sun Capital Partners closed its 17th deal of 2007 last week and is on pace to close more deals this year than any other in its 12-year history.

Emerging Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm with $1 billion under management, is looking to partner with African entrepreneurs in deploying a $523 million... 2007-06-04

The Arkansas Teachers Retirement System and the manager of Bell Canada Enterprises' pension fund are both considering boosting their private equity investments.

Brynwood Partners plans to use cash generated by Turtles, a confectionary brand it acquired from a U.S. unit of Nestle, to expand the company's product line and boost marketing and... 2007-06-04

Norwest Equity Partners, a Minneapolis-based firm with an $800 million fund, is boosting its roster operating partners to hunt for deals and improve portfolio companies.

The famously secretive Cerberus Capital Management is adjusting to the spotlight with its acquisition of Chrysler.

BB&T Capital Partners is plotting a product-line and possible geographic expansion of Innovative Container, an industrial container company it acquired last week from founder... 2007-05-21