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 European trade body is the latest to stress placement agents ‘play a crucial role’ in the private investment fund industries.
In its second US private equity deal this year, the mega-firm will back Summit Materials alongside Silverhawk Capital and former BHP Billiton CEO Charles ‘Chip’ Goodyear.
The firm has invested in Shamrock-backed SkyVision Holdings via its $200m African fund launched in tandem with CDC.
The sale marks the second time the firms have sold shares in the Hong Kong-listed computer maker, having long ago made back their original $350m investment.
David Verey is now a non-executive director for the evergreen, LSE-quoted private equity manager.
The lower mid-market firm has held a €102m second close on its third CEE-focused fund.
The firm has broken even on its investment in the Swedish caravan maker, following a debt-for-equity swap that leaves a 25-strong lending syndicate in control.
Mark Redman will oversee European activities for OMERS Private Equity, the mid-market direct investment arm of the Canadian pension.
Jon Moulton’s resignation letter to LPs boldly advises winding down the firm’s non-traditional fund and breaking up the portfolio – a suggestion not lost on rivals and secondary investors.
The UK mid-market firm’s remaining co-founder has left following strategy differences with buyout chief Dominic Slade and has called for winding down of its main fund.