Private Equity
Changing dynamics in Asia are boosting private equity investment in Vietnam – perhaps more gradually this time around.
8 min read · 19 September 2013
KKR’s new $6bn Asia vehicle has redefined the boundaries of what’s possible for fundraising in the region, though the bigger picture may not be quite as positive.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
Deal value was down significantly across Asia in 2012 -- except in Korea where it increased. Hae-Joon Joseph Lee, partner & senior managing director of IMM Private Equity in Seoul, gives some detail on the market.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Oaktree Capital Management portfolio company Fusheng Industrial has acquired Germany-based ALMiG Kompressoren, underscoring the continuing cross-border trend.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Gen2 Partners expects to form a partnership with London-listed China Private Equity Investments to address growing European investor interest in China.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
In Asia, New Zealand is perceived as one of the world’s least corrupt countries, but more than half of the region had scores below the global average on Transparency International’s 2012 Corruptions Perception Index.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
An international arbitration claim has been launched by Lone Star Funds against the South Korean government, the country’s first investor-state dispute.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Scale and institutional best practice are among the qualities sovereign wealth funds require of fund managers, Scott Kalb, former CIO of Korea's sovereign fund, said at the PE Asia Forum in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Seven years after the first private equity funds were established in Korea, domestic firms have attracted significant capital. But investing it is another story.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
China's sovereign wealth fund is reportedly losing its head of European private equity only five months after he assumed the role.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
