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.
Second quarter profit climbed 77 percent for Citi’s Alternative Investments arm, which invests in private equity, hedge funds and other alternative asset classes.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US firm JMI has doubled the size of its previous fund – and its capital under management – with the closing of its sixth fund on $600 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
StepStone, a San Diego area advisory firm founded by three ex-PCG executives including its former president, has hired PCG’s former head of research, Jay Rose. Rose is the sixth former PCG employee to move across town to StepStone.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
PCG spin-out StepStone has more than doubled its staff to 10 investment professionals in the past five weeks. Amanda Janis talks with co-founder Monte Brem about the California firm’s broad ownership structure, its two major clients and the attractions of non-discretionary work.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Apollo will reportedly become the second major alternative asset manager to list a portion of its management company on Goldman’s private exchange. The private float is expected to follow sales of minority stakes to Abu Dhabi and possibly CalPERS.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The San Francisco-based private equity firm has closed its seventh, energy-focused fund with $1.35 billion in commitments – nearly double the size of its previous fund.
2 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
As private equity’s tax treatment continues to be examined on Capitol Hill, two congressmen have asked the Federal Communications Commission to analyse private equity deals in the telecom and media industries.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
PCG spin-out StepStone has more than doubled its staff to 10 investment professionals in the past five weeks. Amanda Janis talks with co-founder Monte Brem about the California firm’s broad ownership structure, its two major clients and the attractions of non-discretionary work.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Former NBA star Magic Johnson has endorsed a group created to oppose a House bill that would increase carried interest tax. Formation of the opposition group comes just one day before the House Ways and Means Committee is due to discuss private equity-related taxes.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
