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.
Private equity firms Lake Capital and Stephens Group have purchased a majority stake in specialised marketing firm Vestcom from Cornerstone Equity Solutions and Vestcom’s management.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The US’ largest labour union has issued a scathing report on buyouts, and challenged the private equity industry to reduce income inequality and ‘restore promise in the American Dream’ – prompting a response from the Private Equity Council.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Defense-focused private equity firm JF Lehman is set to acquire BAE Systems’ Inertial Products business for $140 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
New York-based Crestview Partners, a Goldman Sachs spin-out, has agreed to acquire Symbion, a US operator of short stay surgical facilities, for $637 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Following bidding wars, sharp words and a lawsuit, the board of Houston-based EGL has found Apollo’s most recent, $1.8 billion offer to be superior to a previously agreed buyout led by EGL’s CEO James Crane and backed by Centerbridge. The CEO-led group now has through Friday to revise its bid.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Middle market firm Littlejohn & Co. has agreed to take private Van Houtte, a gourmet coffee roasting company, for C$600 million. It’s the second Canadian company the US firm has agreed to buy in the last week.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
BISYS, a provider of outsourcing solutions for the investment and insurance industries, is set to be acquired by Citi for $1.5 billion; it will then sell two BISYS divisions to JC Flowers.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Dow Chemical has fired a senior executive and a board member for allegedly taking part in unauthorised discussions regarding the sale of the company. The sackings come days after a UK tabloid reported an imminent $50 billion bid for the US chemical company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Thomas H. Lee and Bain Capital have increased their offer for Clear Channel by nearly 4 percent, valuing the buyout at more than $27 billion. The private equity firms have said it is their final offer.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Clear Channel’s board is now in talks with Bain Capital and TH Lee regarding the sweetened offer it rejected last week. This latest twist comes one day before shareholders were meant to vote on the buyout.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
