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.
This week the billionaire investor helped clear the backlog of LBO-related debt. Amanda Janis examines the actions by the ‘Oracle of Omaha’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As US legislators consider raising taxes on carry and publicly traded partnerships, Blackstone has drastically increased its spending on tax lobbyists this year, paying out $3.7 million in the first half of the year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
RREEF has hired Adam Graev, former vice president of secondaries firm Pomona Capital, to lead secondary and co-investment deals in North America.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The head of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Claude Lamoureux, will retire in December and be replaced by Jim Leech, senior vice president of the pension’s private equity arm.
1 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
As rival Citi enhances its alternatives platform with the addition of Morgan Stanley spinout Metalmark, Morgan Stanley continues its renewed private equity push with the hire of two buyout professionals.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Carlyle’s sale of cable TV provider Insight Communications has reportedly been halted in the hopes that it will fetch a higher price once debt markets are less volatile.
1 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
Snow Phipps Group has closed its first fund on $620 million, exceeding its $500 million target.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The world's largest bank, now led by a former Morgan Stanley pro, has again bolstered its alternatives platform by snapping up a Morgan Stanley spin-out.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
