Amanda Janis

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.

KKR, CD&R in $7.1bn food distributor deal(2)

Dutch retail giant Royal Ahold has agreed to sell its food distribution company, US Foodservice, to KKR and CD&R for $7.1 billion.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

KKR, TPG sweeten TXU deal(2)

As Texas legislators consider giving the state’s Public Utility Commission power to block the proposed $45 billion buyout of TXU, KKR and TPG have promised to terminate an existing labour subcontracting agreement at the utility company, which has in turn put the electrical workers union in their corner.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins partner to chair NVCA(2)

Ted Schlein, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, has been elected chairman of the board of directors for the National Venture Capital Association.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Buffett seeks private equity-esque mega deals

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has expressed interest in doing $40 billion to $60 billion deals, a move that could cause his publicly traded insurance and investment firm to go head-to-head with buyout shops.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Bear Stearns snags ex- ILPA chief(2)

Arlett Tygesen, former executive director of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, has joined Bear Stearns’ recently created Private Funds Group.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

GE launches $250m media fund(2)

GE and parent company NBC Universal have unveiled a $250 million media and technology fund, which has made its first investment in early stage online advertising firm Adify.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Warburg portfolio company in talks with Silver Lake(2)

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

Former PCG heavyweights found rival firm(2)

Monte Brem, the former president of gatekeeper Pacific Corporate Group, has founded a competing firm in California with two other ex-PCG executives.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

London rivals New York as private equity centre(2)

According to the PEI 50, a new league table from Private Equity International magazine, as many of the largest 50 firms in the world are based in London as in New York.

1 min read · 04 January 2013