Private Equity
Guangshao Tu, a known reformer who was previously asked to lead the entire organisation, has joined as vice chairman.<br />
2 min read · 22 July 2016
Brexit will bring opportunities in Europe, but London will suffer, said the KKR founder.<br />
2 min read · 21 July 2016
That’s why diversity is a ‘high priority’, Henry Kravis said at the Women’s Foundation in Hong Kong, and so far KKR has managed to triple the number of women in senior roles in the last three years.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
Less than a year since it began fundraising, the Mumbai-based buyout firm’s latest fund is on track to collect between a targeted $600m and $650m, up from the $510m it raised for its previous fund, ChrysCapital VI, which closed in 2012.
2 min read · 20 July 2016
Patrick No is named head of financial sponsors coverage in Asia Pacific as Credit Suisse beefs up its investment banking team in China as part of its efforts to restore profitable growth. <br />
2 min read · 19 July 2016
The private equity firm makes its first investment in South Korea with the $350m acquisition of Carver, a specialist cosmetics supplier, taking an 80 percent stake alongside investment bank Goldman Sachs.
2 min read · 18 July 2016
HeliconIa snaps up Singapore-based mixed martial arts promoter ONE Championship just two days after a group led by Silver Lake fought off rival buyers to seize another MMA business, Ultimate Fighting Championship.<br />
2 min read · 15 July 2016
L Capital Asia, the Asian private equity unit of French luxury group LVMH, said former managing director Uday Mehra was fired for misconduct after he filed a lawsuit claiming he was let go for revealing mismanagement at the firm.
3 min read · 14 July 2016
South Korea’s state investment fund is committing to the first Blackstone fund to target longer-term private equity investments.<br />
2 min read · 14 July 2016
The state investment fund’s announcement comes amid a management reshuffle in its alternatives division.
2 min read · 13 July 2016
