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 Washington State Investment Board has said private equity outperforms ‘traditional investments’ and upped its allocation target for the asset class to 25 percent. The US pension also created a 5 percent allocation for ‘tangible assets’, which include infrastructure investments.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The Washington State Investment Board has said private equity outperforms ‘traditional investments’ and upped its allocation target for the asset class to 25 percent. The US pension also created a 5 percent allocation for ‘tangible assets’, which include infrastructure investments.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy-focussed private equity firm is the latest buyout shop to invest in Cobalt International Energy, a company that last year received $500 million from Riverstone and Goldman Sachs.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The veteran VC firm’s Dallas partners will soon raise the firm’s 10th fund, while its California partners will ‘pursue other investing paths’, according to a letter sent to investors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy-focussed buyout shop has agreed to buy a Canadian helicopter company for C$3.7bn, the largest-ever deal in the oilfield services sector, as it looks to raise $12 billion for its next fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Goldman has again teamed on a growth equity deal with Whitesun, a China-focussed private equity firm led by Taiwanese rainmaker Benny Hu.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy-focussed US firm has surpassed the target for its ninth buyout fund by $1 billion and launched a London office to support its investment activities.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity consortium that five years ago paid $1.5 billion for Burger King continues to profit from its investment in the fast food chain. A secondary offering will raise $450 million for the firms.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Valence Group, a merchant bank recently launched by Arsenal co-founder Barry Siadat, has completed its first acquisition. Siadat left Arsenal in mid-2007 to pursue specialty chemical investments.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
California-based PCG Asset Management has hired Thomas Bernhardt from BofA subsidiary CTC Consulting to replace Jay Rose, the firm’s former head of research who joined PCG spin-out StepStone.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
