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.
Mark Nydam has been hired as a cleantech and technology specialist for PCG Asset Management, the reorganised division of turnover-plagued gatekeeper Pacific Corporate Group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The US buyout arm of Baird Private Equity has closed its $300m fourth fund, which will invest in mid-market business services and manufactured products companies.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US hand-held device maker Palm is reportedly close to a $2 billion sale, with buyout firms TPG and Silver Lake among the favourites to buy the business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
New York-based Auda Private Equity has closed a $787 million fund of funds and co-investment vehicle.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The head of Apax’s US retail/consumer division, Chris Reilly, has founded a new firm with colleague Allan Karp, a co-founder of Saunders Karp & Megrue, which merged with Apax in 2005.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The US financial services firm has started a private equity group that will seek expansion stage investment opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
PCG Asset Management, the new spin-out of beleaguered gatekeeper Pacific Corporate Group, has appointed David Fann as CEO and Gerard Drummond as board chairman.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Former Apax partner Roger Hurwitz has joined Fidelity Ventures, which recently increased its current fund by $150m to better focus on growth equity deals.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Ben Guill has resigned as president of the US private equity firm that specialises in the energy industry.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Chicago-based company, along with Michael Eisner’s investment firm, has agreed to pay $385m for Topps, manufacturer of iconic American trading cards and classic confections.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
