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 Swiss firm’s five MoM contenders are in the final stage of their training programme, and their €50k fundraising effort is also on track.
Veteran European fundraiser Elizabeth O’Reilly has left the French firm for KKR, as the listed giant continues to strengthen its IR team.
Matthieu Ducharme has joined the nascent London Private Equity Futures and Options Exchange.
KKR's debut Nordic deal is for business software company Visma, whose EBIDTA has grown more than 265% since its 2006 take-private by HgCapital.
After a lacklustre 2009, the secondaries market is marking a return to (booming) business as usual.
The initiatives are among several - including support of a state bill forcing placement agents to register as lobbyists - designed to ‘restore confidence, integrity and accountability’.
The latest fund close is the firm’s third this year, representing $4.1bn raised across three strategies.
The MENASA-focused firm has hired Fayez Husseini to lead up to 25 Palestinian SME investments over the next four years.
Simon Walker plans to leave the UK trade association next year.
The UK middle market investor's success with lock maker Paddock hinged in part on Baird's global reach, said director James Benfield.