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 firm’s first deal from its €600m fund closed last year will allow niche manufacturer Aquafil to expand into China.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
This is the firm's third exit attempt for Talecris, which previously had a $3bn trade sale and $1bn IPO fall apart. If successful, it would be the largest US IPO in 2009.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In its second US private equity deal this year, the mega-firm will back Summit Materials alongside Silverhawk Capital and former BHP Billiton CEO Charles ‘Chip’ Goodyear.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm is looking to boost its energy portfolio wtih Nasdaq-listed Parallel Petroleum.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Blackstone’s chairman has told the SEC a firm like his would never have reached its level of success, which directly benefits pensioners, without placement agents.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Growth in profits, employment and productivity were common features found in an analysis of 300 European companies owned and exited by private equity firms in the past four years.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has invested in Shamrock-backed SkyVision Holdings via its $200m African fund launched in tandem with CDC.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Richard Allsopp, who established and led UBS’ private placement division for 10 years, will join the London-based boutique as it further expands.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The European trade body is the latest to stress placement agents ‘play a crucial role’ in the private investment fund industries.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Rob McCombie has joined the Close Brothers spin-out, which has so far raised £300m for its first fund independent of its former parent.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
