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.
Corporate venture capital firms did 390 deals worth $1.3 billion in the first half of 2007, the highest level of investment seen since the dot com crash.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Limited partners and their advisors have conflicting views on the $21.7 billion Blackstone fund closed this week, disagreeing on whether its record-setting size means more problems or advantages for LPs.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Michael Knoll has concluded that even if carry is taxed as ordinary income, GPs will be able to restructure their funds to counterbalance higher tax bills.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Mid-year profits for Swiss alternative asset manager Partners Group have risen 72 percent compared to the same period last year, while its assets grew more than 60 percent.
2 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
The Dallas-based private equity firm is being sued by Accredited Home Lenders after it said Friday it may back away from its previously agreed $400 million buyout of the subprime mortgage company. Lone Star has extended the tender deadline.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Fortress’ private equity assets totalled $23.4 billion in the second quarter, a 64 percent year-over increase.
2 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
Fortress’ private equity assets totalled $23.4 billion in the second quarter, a 64 percent year-over increase.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CalSTRS may follow in the steps of crosstown rival CalPERS, selling portions of its portfolio through the secondary market. Last month its board approved this – and two other – significant policy changes.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
