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.
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
US- and Japan-focussed venture firm Globespan Capital has closed its fifth fund on $380 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US Congressman Thomas Reynolds, a pro-private equity Republican from New York, has launched his own private equity campaign to ‘frame the issue before it’s framed by opponents’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group has reportedly sent a letter to Congress that estimates the firm would lose as much as $10.5 billion of its $25 billion market value should proposed legislation regarding publicly traded partnerships become law.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Citicorp Venture Capital has purchased regional US soft drink company Big Red for an undisclosed amount.
1 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
Fresh from inking Latin America’s largest LBO to date, GP Investments has struck a $642 million deal for Brazilian refractory materials producer Magnesita.
1 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
GI Partners purchased a controlling stake in St. Helena, California-based Duckhorn Wine Company, whose labels include Duckhorn, Paraduxx and Goldeneye. Wine industry sources estimate the price paid in the $250 million range.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Senate Finance Committee’s second inquiry into carried interest featured witnesses who support and oppose the carried interest designation as capital gains, including one who compared current carried interest tax policy to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison incident of the Iraq War.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
