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 Dallas, Texas-based firm’s third fund surpassed its $600m target after six months of fundraising.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The London-based secondaries firm has added Robert Savage to its team of 12 investment professionals as it invests a €730m fund and prepares to raise Fund IV.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The asset management arm of Dutch banking group Rabobank is raising its second fund of funds dedicated to responsible investing and outperforming ‘mainstream private equity’.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Development financing for two Andalucían photovoltaic plants brings to three the number of Spanish solar portfolio companies held by the renewable energy investments specialist. The debt financings were made from the firm's second fund dedicated to continental Europe.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management’s senior executives, Andy Glennon, Francesco Santinon and Colin Stirling, have led a management buyout from its London-listed parent. Former Bridgepoint investor relations head, Graham Dewhirst, will join the lower mid-market team as chairman.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The team formerly known as ABN AMRO Capital has led Baarmsa Wine Group through its first add-on acquisition. The wine distribution company has purchased Armit, a fine-wine distributor based in London, as it brings its buy-and-build strategy to the UK.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Led by former Abraaj managing director and co-founder Shirish Saraf, the nascent Samena Capital intends to hold a $350m final close on its regional special situations fund by the end of next month and has separately set aside $50m to buy stakes in other Asian asset managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The publicly listed private equity firm has said the fall in its share price Tuesday was probably due to an unnamed financial institution being forced to unwind a Eurazeo securities-backed loan, to which Lehman was the counterparty.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The mega-buyout firm has also closed its distressed financial services fund with roughly $6bn in commitments, and rounded up roughly $4bn for the final close of its Asian fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
SVG Asia’s first fund of funds has already made commitments to managers including CVC, Navis, Affinity and Actis. Its investment activities will be headed by former Hermes Private Equity executive Khim Tan.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
