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 heart valve implant maker is the second venture-backed company to be purchased by Abbott this month.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale marks the second time the firms have sold shares in the Hong Kong-listed computer maker, having long ago made back their original $350m investment.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As it looks to deploy $20bn in dry powder, CVC has hired financial services industry veterans Bob Jenkins and Jim Sutcliffe to advise on the sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Several 3i partners will join DFJ Esprit’s venture secondaries arm, which will manage a portion of 3i’s European VC assets with backing from Coller and HarbourVest.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The latest private equity-sponsored company to file an IPO is US retailer rue21, originally backed by Saunders Karp, a mid-market firm Apax absorbed.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A 30% drop in portfolio value for the Ivy League endowment has been partly attributed to ‘aggressive commitments to illiquid asset classes’. Yale had similar losses.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
David Verey is now a non-executive director for the evergreen, LSE-quoted private equity manager.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Jon Moulton’s resignation letter to LPs boldly advises winding down the firm’s non-traditional fund and breaking up the portfolio – a suggestion not lost on rivals and secondary investors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has broken even on its investment in the Swedish caravan maker, following a debt-for-equity swap that leaves a 25-strong lending syndicate in control.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firms have launched Italy’s largest LBO this year for Milan-listed ‘architectural envelope’ maker Permasteelisa.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
