Private Equity/LBO Analysis

The corollary to a US private equity business that is clearly feeling the pinch appears to be a sharp increase in the number of firms looking for opportunities overseas, particularly... 2008-02-27

While many private equity firms are raising funds to buy lucrative US state public assets, such as highways, bridges and ports, New Jersey has decided against privatizing its highways.... 2008-02-14

$2.2 billion venture capital firm HRJ Capital closed its HBRJ VC V fund on $273 million. The fund is the firm's eleventh fund and its fifth VC fund of funds, and will invest across... 2008-02-14

MoneyGram International, a payment services company based in Minneapolis, MN, has entered into a recapitalization agreement with an investor group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners and... 2008-02-13

Conversus Capital (CCAP), together with four syndicate partners including Oak Hill Investment Management, announced is to purchase a portfolio of private equity fund interests from... 2008-02-12

Middle-market buyout firm The Jordan Company has closed its second fund with $3.6 billion in capital commitments. Between the first and final closings, the New York-headquartered... 2008-02-12

Marlin Equity Partners, a private equity house based outside Los Angeles California, has completed an acquisition of VantagePoint Systems that will see the software provider taken... 2008-02-12

Svoboda, Collins, the Chicago-based private equity firm, has changed its name to Svoboda Capital Partners, partly as a result of the 2006 retirement of Michelle Collins, who co-founded... 2008-01-25

Vestar Capital Partners last week beefed up its staff in healthcare and financial services, hiring Evan Marks and Victor Cohen as a principal and vice president, respectively. Both... 2008-01-25

Genstar Capital is looking to tap into the growing U.S. Hispanic population with its latest investment. Last week the San Francisco-based middle-market private equity firm partnered... 2008-01-25