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.
Helix Associates, the private equity placement agent division of Jefferies Investment Bank, has hired the former co-head of Credit Suisse’s Private Fund Group, Robert Rivett, as well as Stephen Gray, former managing director at corporate advisory firm Henniker River Advisors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two weeks after announcing its newly-formed Russian affiliate, Draper Fisher Jurvetson has established an Israel fund in conjunction with Israeli VC firm Tamir Fishman Ventures.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The US’ second-largest pension fund is seeking three region-specific advisors for its alternatives portfolio as its investments increasingly target geographies other than the US and Europe.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bettering businesses is the means by which the asset class performs societal good, the Terra Firma co-founder told prospective private equity professionals. He also advised them not to become a GP if they hope to make a ‘quick buck’ in today’s market.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has closed its first-ever growth stage tech fund on $290 million, exceeding its $250 million target. The fund is already 25 percent invested in five companies DFJ hopes will become ‘$1 billion’ enterprises.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
US investment bank Lehman Brothers has closed its fifth venture fund on $365 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The alternative investment giant’s $930 million purchase of GSO Capital, a leveraged finance-focussed alternative asset manager, assuages what Stephen Schwarzman called one of the firm’s big regrets: having years ago spun off BlackRock.
4 min read · 04 January 2013
The Private Equity Council, National Venture Capital Association, International Council of Shopping Centers and many Republican lawmakers have come out in opposition to legislation introduced yesterday that would significantly increase US taxes for alternative investment fund managers.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Computer network company 3Com will be taken private by Bain Capital in partnership with Chinese networking group Huawei.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The world’s largest 300 pension funds grew by nearly 12 percent last year, with assets hitting $10 trillion for the first time, a study has found.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
