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.
Italy’s Treasury has closed the auction to privatize Alitalia, following the abandonment of its last remaining suitor, distressed private equity firm Matlin Patterson.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Venture firm Highland Capital has closed a $300 million, retail- and consumer-focused fund, which will be led by Staples co-founder Tom Stemberg and Ted Philip, a founding member of search engine and web portal Lycos.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Venture firm Highland Capital has closed a $300 million, retail- and consumer-focused fund, which will be led by Staples co-founder Tom Stemberg and Ted Philip, a founding member of search engine and web portal Lycos.
2 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
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that financing activity in bond and business loan markets remains brisk, despite widening credit spreads and tightening of terms for leveraged business loans.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The SEIU and the Working Families Party held a joint press conference today on a New York sidewalk – they called on buyout firms to better help the middle classes and outlined their upcoming private equity campaign strategies as volunteers sought to catch the attention of passers-by with posters and flyers.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Bain Capital is set to acquire US retailer Guitar Center for $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, the firm’s German arm has agreed to purchase yacht manufacturer Bavaria Yachtbau.
2 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
Blackstone units began to trade today above their $31 IPO price, climbing back from the $28.75 low it hit last Friday, the stock’s first trading day. The market could change directions again next week as US congressmen begin hearings on private equity.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Italy’s Treasury has closed the auction to privatize Alitalia, following the abandonment of its last remaining suitor, distressed private equity firm Matlin Patterson.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
