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 'realignment of interests' was a theme repeatedly raised at the London conference Wednesday, with one investor noting LPs, too, must increase transparency.
Excessive deal fees, succession issues and the ‘Wimbledonisation’ of the LP base are problems European private equity must solve, according to Danny Truell.
The head of European Capital's Paris office will reportedly replace Rene Maury at French-government backed private equity firm CDC Capital Investissement.
The US firm has partnered with a local group to buy an estimated $115m stake in Russian hypermarket chain Lenta, having two months ago bought into China's Wumart.
The Boston-based mid-market firm has backed United Biosource, which provides services to help life science companies market and develop products.
Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman has reportedly told investors it is planning up to 13 exits in the near future.
The private equity and real estate firm has fallen short of its target, but raised 35% more than Fund II.
Nearly nine years after the firm’s initial investment in Gomez, the web services company is being sold to CompuServe for $295m.
The Milan-headquartered firm, in which banking group IntesaSanpaolo has a minority stake, is making environmentally-focused investments.
DOCUgroup has spent roughly €125m to grow via strategic acquisitions since being acquired by the mid-market firm in 2004.