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 emerging markets-focused firm has struck its third Brazilian deal in three months, backing Brazil’s largest independent brokerage firm, XP Investimentos.
The firm’s $600m equity cheque for North American marketing agency Advantage Sales & Marketing will push Apax’s €11.2bn Fund VII to just over the 60% deployed mark.
Nearly €9bn was realised by European private equity firms in the first nine months of the year, already surpassing 2009’s full-year total by 25%.
Veteran fundraiser Michael Hewett plans to leave the embattled firm, whose future is contingent upon deftly deploying Fund III’s €2.4bn of remaining dry powder.
Thilo Sautter has left Investcorp after 13 years to jointly lead Cinven’s activities in German-speaking markets.
Agri-Vie has held a $110m final close on a fund aimed at one of the dominant drivers of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
True value creation plus a focus on sector dislocation and emerging markets have become crucial given the 'flat, low growth' environment, according to TPG co-founder Jim Coulter.
Amazon’s expected €70m purchase of the members-only shopping website will benefit firms including Cipio and Kennet Partners.
In his first in-depth interview since assuming the managing partner role, Hugh Langmuir explains why Cinven won’t be mimicking some of its large-cap peers.
Industry insiders took time out from PEI's recent Turkey Forum in Istanbul to explain why - despite some hurdles - Turkish private equity merits serious LP attention.