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.
Fresh from closing its fourth turnaround fund on $4 billion, WL Ross has hired John Kanas, former CEO of North Fork Bancorp, to advise on investments in distressed financial services firms.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
In a recent interview with sister magazine Private Equity International, Oaktree chairman Howard Marks discussed his firm’s rapid expansion and expertise in profiting from troubled times.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Silver Lake’s middle-market technology fund, currently reported to be raising an inaugural $1 billion, has done its first deal with the acquisition of mobile phone marketing company Mobile Messenger.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Grupo Gayosso, Mexico’s largest funeral services company, has been acquired by Advent International in a transaction valued at $317 million, including $40 million in subordinated debt.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Montreal-based private equity and venture capital firm says its closure of two sector-specific funds is Quebec’s largest private equity initiative to date.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Congressional interest in private equity-owned nursing homes remains high, as two committees in the US House of Representatives have now said they will hold hearings on the subject.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Despite the slowed LBO market, US pension funds’ private equity appetites are as voracious as ever. Megafunds, mid-market specialists, distressed vehicles, and European and Asia-focussed funds are among the latest recipients of fund commitments.
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
Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the US Senate Finance Committee, has reportedly said lobbying efforts coupled with market volatility scuttled his attempts to boost taxes on publicly traded financial services partnerships.
1 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
