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.
Pinal Nicum will end an eight-year career with London-based Coller to become Adams Street's second European partner focused on secondaries.
Several 3i partners will join DFJ Esprit’s venture secondaries arm, which will manage a portion of 3i’s European VC assets with backing from Coller and HarbourVest.
The secondaries firms have established a £170m fund to acquire assets from 3i that will be managed by DFJ Esprit's nascent secondaries arm, Encore Ventures.
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 secondaries specialist is working with several institutions on preferred annex fund-type structures that help LPs to meet capital calls and make fresh commitments.
The listed fund of funds surpassed its target, selling shares at or above its current stock price.
The Swiss alternatives firm has gathered more than a third of the $750m target for its latest global secondaries fund.
The Blackstone spin-out has already held a first close on its second fund to focus on direct venture capital secondaries. It recently acquired stakes in nine new companies including Facebook, Zappos and eHarmony.
The London-based secondaries firm has added Robert Savage to its team of 12 investment professionals as it invests a €730m fund and prepares to raise Fund IV.
Newbury Partners, launched by Auda Advisors’ former secondaries team, has already committed 25 percent of its debut fund.