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.
Alternative asset classes were the $154bn New York State Common Retirement Fund’s top performers for the fiscal year, with private equity returning nearly 25 percent. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has indicated legal limits on the pension’s alternative investments should be revisited.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy- and commodities-focused US firm has in the past two weeks agreed three deals worth approximately $365m. The firm, a Sowood Capital spin-out, closed its debut global energy fund on $2bn in May.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Dubai private equity group has teamed with Dubai-backed real estate developer Nakheel to purchase a 20 percent stake in Cirque du Soleil. Famous for unusual live performances, the entertainment company will develop a permanent show on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah island.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US mid-market firm has purchased an Illinois Tool Works subsidiary as it deploys remaining ‘reserve capital’ for add-ons from its $1.2bn Fund III.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The New York firm led by former Warburg Pincus vice chairman Howard Newman has partnered with Australian Stock Exchange-listed Comet Ridge to develop US oil and gas assets. Drilling will commence immediately at the company's Colorado oil field.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Pacific Northwest buyout firm, whose founders spun out of Seattle mid-market firm Northwest Capital Appreciation, exceeded its $400m target in less than two months.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The DLJ spin-out is backing London-based Hansa Hydrocarbons, an oil and gas exploration and production company, with an investment from its $2bn debut fund, closed last year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
More than 55 leases in the US oil- and gas-producing region are involved in the firms’ Royal Offshore joint venture. The agreement represents Avista’s second multimillion dollar energy exploration deal in the past two weeks, as it continues to deploy its debut $2bn fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The $108.5bn Canadian pension has elevated seven executives, three of whom lead private equity deals for Teachers’ Private Capital.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A year after registering for a $1.25bn IPO, Henry Kravis has unveiled his firm's revised plan for a public float, which includes taking over KKR Private Equity Investors and which values the combined firm at up to an estimated $18bn.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
