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Amanda Janis

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.

JC Flowers bids $1.8bn for Shinsei stake(3)

The private equity firm that made its name turning around the Japanese bank has returned to bail out a beleaguered Shinsei with the largest-ever private equity deal in the Japanese banking sector.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Cerberus axes $6.6bn United Rentals buyout(3)

Cerberus is joining KKR, Goldman Sachs and JC Flowers to become the latest buyout firm to walk away from a megadeal agreed before the liquidity crisis.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Mid-East, South Asia distressed fund raises $120m(2)

Dubai-based distressed specialist HBG Holdings has held a second close on $120 million for its Middle East and South Asia-focussed fund. It is expected to close this year with commitments ‘north of $200 million’, more than double its initial target.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

TCB to pay $200m for Macrovision software unit

Though its partners split ahead of respective fundraises, Thoma Cressey Bravo is still deploying capital from its eighth fund, which closed on $765 million in early 2006.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Madison Dearborn chief steps down ahead of $10bn fundraising(4)

The firm’s co-presidents, Sam Mencoff and Paul Finnegan, have reportedly taken the reins from fellow co-founder John Canning in a planned succession.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

State Street launches Private Equity Index(2)

The financial services provider has launched a private equity index based on quarterly statistics from public and private pensions, endowments and foundations.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

GP Investments to take 50% stake in Brazilian pharma company(2)

The Brazilian private equity firm will invest $136 million in Laboratório Americano de Farmacoterapia, a Brazilian pharmaceutical company.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Ontario Teachers' and AIG augment Mexican power portfolio

A $304 million deal for two Mexican power plants has been completed by InterGen, a company backed by Ontario Teachers’ and AIG’s private equity arms.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Madison Dearborn chief steps down ahead of $10bn fundraising(3)

The firm’s co-presidents, Sam Mencoff and Paul Finnegan, have reportedly taken the reins from fellow co-founder John Canning in a planned succession.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

IRS probes private equity, hedge funds(4)

The US’ Internal Revenue Service today said it is looking into seven areas of possible non-compliance in income tax reporting by private equity and hedge funds.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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