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.
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
US buyout firm Providence Equity Partners has purchased $300 million-worth of convertible preferred stock in ZeniMax Media, maker of massively multiplayer online games including Fallout.
1 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
The buyout firm will invest $250 million in Bharti Infatel, an Indian telecom company that has already received $1 billion from private equity and sovereign funds.
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
The private equity collaborators have committed $450 million to Houston-based oil and gas startup Dynamic Offshore Resources, which is targeting Gulf of Mexico assets.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Limited partners are increasingly mindful of expected increased default rates and PE managers with operational expertise, the head of TIAA-CREF’s alternatives division, Sheryl Schwartz, recently told sister publication Private Equity International.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
KKR and Goldman Sachs have struck a $400 million deal allowing them to terminate their agreed $8 billion buyout of Harman International Industries without litigation or paying a breakup fee to the audio equipment maker.
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
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
