Amanda Janis
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 take-private of CKE Restaurants will see the private equity firm control more than 3,000 Carl's Jr and Hardee's locales.
In much the same way 'LBO shop' no longer accurately describes the remit of diversified private equity firms, Private Equity International is no longer just a 'magazine'.
UK-based Lion Capital, currently raising Fund III, purchased Kettle Foods in a 2006 deal that valued the company at around $300m.
The listed private equity firm has exited its remaining 16.5% stake in Telecity, marking the second time 3i has parted ways with the European company.
The private equity firm has hired the CEO of a former German portfolio company to oversee deals in the region.
LPs backed distressed investment funds with record-setting commitments in 2007 and 2008, but just $5.8bn was raised for the niche strategy last year.
In a wide-ranging 'state of the industry' speech, Terra Firma’s boss urged GPs and LPs to push back on ‘populist moves to regulate private equity’.
Magnus Christensson has left placement agent Atlantic-Pacific after nearly eight years to help build Jefferies’ global placement business.
Many LBOs done in the past five years will have debt maturing in the near future - great news for mezzanine houses, says ICG's Tom Attwood.
Energy sector veteran Glenn Payne will replace Robert Rayne as CEO of the LSE-listed firm. Rayne in turn succeeds Jonathan Agnew as chairman.