Private Equity
The private equity powerhouse, whose Japan-focused buyout fund has so far targeted mid-cap Japanese companies, said it could carry out two large deals of up to $2bn each.
3 min read · 03 August 2016
Hony Capital, Yunfeng Capital, and CDH Investments have joined a consortium of investors looking to cash in on China’s fast-growing $8bn mobile gaming industry.
3 min read · 02 August 2016
Japan's $1.3trn pension fund, which reported its weakest results since the 2008 financial crisis, could face fresh calls to raise its current holdings of alternative assets.<br />
3 min read · 01 August 2016
The $1.2 trn Japanese pension fund, which suffered its first annual loss in five years, after its equity-heavy asset allocation failed to deliver expected returns for 2015. <br />
3 min read · 01 August 2016
The private equity fund, which will mostly target Malaysian, Singaporean, and North Asian LPs, aims to capitalise on the rapid growth of high net worth individuals in the Asia Pacific.
2 min read · 29 July 2016
<p>Private equity firm Primus Pacific has filed suit in New York accusing Goldman Sachs of hiding its incentive to ‘curry favour’ with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak when Goldman was financial advisor to EON Capital, a local bank in which Primus was the largest shareholder.</p>
2 min read · 28 July 2016
The $100bn state fund is bracing for a difficult investment environment, and said its prospects for returns on assets are ‘not as good as previously seen in the 1980s to the 2000s’.
2 min read · 28 July 2016
Having grown GenesisCare’s business in Europe through acquisitions and partnerships, KKR is selling its 45% stake in the Sydney-based healthcare provider to China Resources Group and Macquarie Capital in a deal that reportedly values the company at A$1.7bn.
2 min read · 26 July 2016
The Chinese sovereign wealth fund said its share of private equity co-investments and club deals rose in 2015 as the outlook for returns dimmed amid 'ever-growing downside risks' in global markets.
3 min read · 25 July 2016
The two private equity heavyweights, investors in Jakarta-based GO-JEK’s latest financing round, are riding a wave of deals in Asia’s fast-growing on-demand transport services sector.
2 min read · 22 July 2016
