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 life sciences-focussed venture firm has held a first and final close on its sixth fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Emerging Capital Partners, in partnership with Truffle Capital, has acquired a third African mining company with its $53 million purchase of Morocco’s Compagnie Miniere de Touissit.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Howard Marks-led firm continues to steamroller through the credit crunch with another franchise expansion, the purchase of a passive stake in MTS Health Partners. Also made public today was the firm’s $438 million take-private bid for Ocwen Financial Services.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity division of PNC Financial has made its first investments from its second fund with the purchase of delivery company Lone Star Overnight and gas detection equipment manufacturer Bacharach.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity division of PNC Financial has made its first investments from its second fund with the purchase of delivery company Lone Star Overnight and gas detection equipment manufacturer Bacharach.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US buyout firm TH Lee has created a credit fund with $500 million in commitments and a dedicated credit division staffed largely by ex-AIG executives, including AIGGIG’s former head of private placement, Sam Tillinghast.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Global Capital Management, a subsidiary of Kuwaiti investment bank Global Investment House, has held a first close on its MENA fund with more than $500 million in commitments.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Weeks after opening a Romanian office and co-launching a €150m fund of funds, the Icelandic investment bank has reportedly said it will partner with Nikhil Gandhi’s Sea King Infrastructure on a $500 million private equity fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
PCG spin-out StepStone will manage the State of Wisconsin Investment Board’s specialised private equity fund investments.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
KKR and Goldman Sachs plan to walk away from their previously agreed $8 billion buyout of Harman International Industries, claiming the audio equipment maker has had a material adverse change in its business and breached the agreement. Harman disputes the claims.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
