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 middle market firm’s $30 million investment in niche lender FirstAgain is its first in the sector since hiring former JPMorgan and CCMP pro Carty Chock.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Carlyle’s first infrastructure fund has garnered more than $1 billion in commitments. It will invest in transportation and water projects in the US and Canada.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Charles Rangel, chair of the US Congressional committee charged with writing tax law, has proposed a bill that would substantially overhaul the US tax system and generate $48 billion in tax revenue.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Silicon Valley firm Shasta Ventures has closed on $250 million its second fund, which will make early-stage technology investments.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Alliance Data Systems has sued the private equity firm, which previously indicated it would drop the $7.8 billion deal due to regulatory requirements that are ‘unprecedented and unacceptable’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
After three years at Morgan Stanley spin-out Metalmark, Eric Fry has been appointed partner at the investment bank’s new private equity arm. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley Private Equity’s London team has hired former Allianz Capital pro Michael Hehn.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
On the heels of its $500 million investment in MBIA, Warburg Pincus has agreed to purchase an additional $300 million in shares as part of an oversubscribed $1 billion public offering. A source familiar with the matter told PEO the company is 'wildly undervalued'.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Carlyle has teamed with US education provider Apollo Group to form Apollo Global, a $1 billion joint venture that will invest in the education services sector outside the US.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
JP Morgan spin-out CCMP Capital has closed its first global fund, which will focus on buyout and growth equity opportunities.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has closed its third US-focussed fund on $605 million, bringing the 10-year-old venture arm’s total capital under management to $3.8 billion. It is the third fund the buyout giant has closed in the past four weeks.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
