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.
Oak Hill Capital has placed a $1.4 billion order for six Boeing 777 freight planes, which the Robert Bass-led firm will then lease. The planes will add to the firm’s existing portfolio of 25 passenger aircraft.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
John Harris, CFO of The Carlyle Group, will soon leave his position after having spent more than a decade with the Washington, DC-headquartered firm.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Canadian fund of funds manager Kensington Capital has raised $22.7 million in an IPO for its latest fund of funds, the first of its kind in Canada.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Canada’s largest communications company, BCE, has announced it is in buyout discussions about a potential $28 billion privatisation.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Audio equipment maker Harman International Industries has agreed to be acquired by KKR and GSCP for $8 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
America’s largest labour union has sent out email blasts and established blogs pertaining to private equity deals it finds troubling – the action follows last week’s issuance of a buyout report and launch of an associated website.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
San Francisco-headquartered Hellman & Friedman has closed its sixth fund on $8.4 billion, days after announcing massive profits from the sale of DoubleClick.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US private equity firm TPG is exploring the possible sale of a minority stake in the firm to major state pension funds.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Equipment rental company RSC Holdings, purchased last year by Ripplewood and Oak Hill, raised $458 million in an initial public offering; the 20.3 million share offering raised less than expected, and the company’s stock has been trading below the IPO’s $22 per share price.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A member of New York private equity firm Welsh Carson’s investor relations team, Susan Balloch, has joined Blackstone’s private equity group.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
