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 Blackstone Group has set a price range for its public offering, which has the potential to raise up to $4.8 billion; following news that the firm will sell a $3 billion stake to the Chinese government, it means Blackstone is set to raise nearly $8 billion by selling shares of its management company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG and Goldman have agreed to buy US wireless provider Alltel for $27.5 billion, the largest-ever private equity deal in the telecom sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group is set to acquire a former JP Morgan Partners portfolio company, Niagara Holdings, from CCMP in a $1.5 billion transaction.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The dramatic bidding war for logistics company EGL has seemingly come to a close: Apollo’s $2 billion bid – nearly 32 percent higher than the first bid made for the firm – has been board-approved, while the competing, Centerbridge-backed group was paid a $30 million break-up fee.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Thomson Corporation has agreed to sell the higher education assets from its Thomson Learning division to Apax and OMERS for $7.75 billion. The transaction includes Canadian educational materials provider Nelson Canada, in which OMERS will have majority ownership.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Warburg Pincus is the largest shareholder in US telecom products company Avaya, which is reportedly in take-private talks with Silver Lake Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Canadian private equity funds had a record-setting C$65.5 billion under management last year, according to a report that also found the country’s growth in capital and returns have outpaced the United States’ for the past five years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Dallas-based buyout shop is set to sell US meatpacking firm Swift & Company to Latin America’s largest beef processor in a $1.4 billion transaction. HM says it began strategic discussions well before Swift suffered six major immigration raids.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
An executive of private equity-owned Dunkin’ Donuts will sit alongside a union representative, an academic and the head of a new private equity lobbying group to answer questions from US congressmen tomorrow.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US mid-market firm Great Hill Partners has purchased a $50 million minority stake in online ad sales rep firm Gorilla Nation. The investment follows several recent big exits in the online ad space.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
