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.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has expanded its private equity programme with the advent of GS Direct, a middle-market-focused investment division.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bain’s portfolio of household-name retail brands is poised for growth with a $1.8 billion agreement to acquire American Standard’s kitchen and bath division.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has approved nearly $60 million in new commitments, $30 million of which is earmarked for Advent’s latest Latin American fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
RREEF has hired Adam Graev, former vice president of secondaries firm Pomona Capital, to lead secondary and co-investment deals in North America.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Former Deloitte & Touche senior partner Peter Nachtwey has replaced Carlyle’s CFO of 10 years, John Harris.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Snow Phipps Group has closed its first fund on $620 million, exceeding its $500 million target.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Carlyle’s sale of cable TV provider Insight Communications has reportedly been halted in the hopes that it will fetch a higher price once debt markets are less volatile.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Hillary Clinton has become the latest Democratic presidential candidate to speak out in favour of carried interest tax reform. Earlier this week ex-Fortress advisor John Edwards slammed a tax code that lets GPs ‘pay taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The IPO for travel website Orbitz priced lower than the expected range, and its NYSE debut mirrored the falling stock of its backer, Blackstone.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company, has agreed to be purchased by Cerberus in a $6.6 billion transaction.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
