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.
PCG International has closed its first investment vehicle, a $400 million fund of funds backed solely by CalPERS.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Media-focused Quadrangle has agreed to purchase Dennis Publishing’s US arm, which includes the young men’s’ magazines Maxim, Stuff and Blender. The price tag is an estimated $250 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two former US Treasury secretaries have joined the mounting criticism of carried interest’s tax treatment. ‘o one would want to defend’ GP carry tax status, Lawrence Summers said.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The Houston, Texas-based company has closed its eleventh private equity fund on $1 billion.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
As two separate US congressional committees disclose plans to hold private equity tax hearings, a veteran Washington lobbyist said he detects unusually strong momentum from lawmakers toward private equity-inspired legislation.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
KKR and TPG have reportedly offered to pay $30 million toward air quality improvement programmes in central Texas, in the group’s latest move to quell criticism of the $45 billion proposed buyout of Dallas, Texas-based utility company TXU.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Days before a scheduled shareholder vote, Blackstone, KKR, Goldman and TPG have amended their agreement to buy Biomet, increasing the deal for the orthopedic products manufacturer by nearly 5 percent.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Media-focused Quadrangle has agreed to purchase Dennis Publishing’s US arm, which includes the young men’s’ magazines Maxim, Stuff and Blender. The price tag is an estimated $250 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Media-focused Quadrangle has agreed to purchase Dennis Publishing’s US arm, which includes the young men’s’ magazines Maxim, Stuff and Blender. The price tag is an estimated $250 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The publicly traded investment management giant will pay $1.7 billion in cash and stock for Quellos Group’s fund of funds business, giving BlackRock a $25.4 billion fund of funds platform.
2 min read · 04 January 2013