Amanda is the Director of Product Management for PEI, whose editorial titles include Private Equity International, Secondaries Investor, Buyouts, PE Hub, VCJ, Real Estate Capital, Private Equity Real Estate, Agri Investor, Infrastructure Investor, Private Debt Investor, Regulatory Compliance Watch and Private Funds CFO. She was previously the company's Group Managing Editor.
The private equity firm backed by Toronto’s Diamond family has invested in take-out sushi company Bento Nouveau.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Set to bolster its pharmaceuticals portfolio, Blackstone has agreed to make a $500 million minority investment in Florida-based Stiefel Laboratories.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US buyout firm TH Lee has created a credit fund with $500 million in commitments and a dedicated credit division staffed largely by ex-AIG executives, including AIGGIG’s former head of private placement, Sam Tillinghast.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
US restructuring specialist WL Ross has reportedly offered $435 million for the loan servicing division of bankrupt lender American Home Mortgage.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
As legislators continue to speak out for and against proposed legislation that would raise taxes on private equity’s publicly traded partnerships and carried interest, President Bush has said he will veto tax-raising bills.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Limited partners and their advisors have conflicting views on the $21.7 billion Blackstone fund closed this week, disagreeing on whether its record-setting size means more problems or advantages for LPs.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US Congressman Thomas Reynolds, a pro-private equity Republican from New York, has launched his own private equity campaign to ‘frame the issue before it’s framed by opponents’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
PCG Asset Management, an affiliate of US gatekeeper Pacific Corporate Group, has lost its head of research and managing director, Jay Rose. Meanwhile, the firm has hired two junior level professionals and opened a New York office.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Goldman’s Urban Investment Group, along with Pharos and Haas Wheat, purchased healthcare staffing company Nursefinders from Gryphon for an undisclosed amount.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Robert Bass-led firm has strengthened its aerospace portfolio with the acquisition of air cargo company Southern Air. The deal puts the firm on track to own 22 freight aircraft.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
