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 orthopedics- and dental-focused private equity firm has closed its second fund on $420 million – more than double the size of its debut vehicle.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity dominated discussions in the US this week, as high-ranking government officials, superstar investors and senior executives commented on the building tax controversy confronting the industry, as well as the longevity of the so-called buyout boom.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
US firm Summit Partners has invested in Nomacorc, a manufacturer in the growing synthetic wine closure market.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Avista Capital – the firm founded by former DLJ head Thompson Dean along with other senior executives from CSFB’s private equity arm – has closed its first fund on $2 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Publicly traded alternative asset manager American Capital – fresh from having raised $1 billion in 4 days from its 29th initial public offering – has announced four deals worth more than $172 million in the last two days.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Teachers’ is the latest, major Canadian pension fund to enter take-private talks for $30 billion telecom giant BCE. Like the pensions in the two other bidding groups, Teacher’s has partnered with a heavyweight US private equity firm.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The C$3.5 billion agreed take-private of CCS Income Trust, an oil-and-gas company, continues a trend triggered by an impending change in Canada’s tax laws.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity dominated discussions in the US this week, as high-ranking government officials, superstar investors and senior executives commented on the building tax controversy confronting the industry, as well as the longevity of the so-called buyout boom.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
San Francissco-based middle-market firm Genstar has closed its fifth fund on $1.55 billion – more than triple the amount it raised in 2004.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Avista Capital – the firm founded by former DLJ head Thompson Dean along with other senior executives from CSFB’s private equity arm – has closed its first fund on $2 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
