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.
Private aviation company XOJET has obtained $363 million in debt and equity financing from Lehman Brothers Global Principal Strategies and TPG’s venture arm.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Angelo Gordon has bolstered its private equity group before raising its fourth private equity fund, which is targeting $700 million, and a “reserve fund” aiming for $200 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Following weeks of labour union protests, government scrutiny and several extensions of the deal’s closing date, Carlyle has completed its $6.3 billion buyout of US nursing home chain Manor Care.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The US investment bank is continuing to strengthen its private equity team, now called Morgan Stanley Private Equity, as it raises a $6 billion debut fund just three years after spinning out its in-house PE group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Syncom, a US venture firm that typically targets African American- and Hispanic-owned media and communications companies, has garnered $275 million from influential limited partners for its fifth fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two Congressional committees will hold hearings on private equity ownership of nursing homes tomorrow; a REIT executive is the only private finance industry representative scheduled to testify.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The frequent infrastructure investors are backing the management-led buyout of Waste Industries USA, a refuse and recycling company with operations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Senate Finance Committee held its third hearing on carried interest today, while the House Ways and Means Committee simultaneously held an all-day tax hearing that touched on the subject.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The student loan giant has said the JC Flowers-led group that walked away from a previously agreed buyout has rebuffed its offer to renegotiate a deal. Sallie Mae will continue its legal action to force the consortium to pay a $900 million breakup fee.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US retailer Restoration Hardware has agreed to a $267 million buyout by consumer-focussed private equity firm Catterton Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
