Private Equity

Drew Wilson

The Alibaba show(2)

Alibaba’s tricky PE-led buyback of Yahoo! shares was China’s largest private deal ever – and the Chinese side delivered a stand-out performance before a global audience.

3 min read · 22 January 2014

Origo to partner for Myanmar deals(2)

The London-listed private equity firm has formed a joint venture to invest in Myanmar while putting deal activity on hold in Mongolia.

2 min read · 22 January 2014

AID Partners buys HMV's Asia operations(2)

The firm sees life in the entertainment products retailer despite strong competition from digital streaming, online retailers and piracy.

2 min read · 22 January 2014

China’s mobile internet ripe for PE(2)

As China’s Innovation Works begins investing Fund II, it will have less emphasis on the maturing mobile internet and more on startups targeting SME productivity, an emerging sector.

3 min read · 22 January 2014

Japanese strategic buyer sues PEP and Unitas(2)

Japan's Asahi Breweries is alleging it overpaid for Independent Liquor, which it bought from the private equity duo in 2011 for NZ$1.53bn.

2 min read · 22 January 2014

Carlyle reports gains in China’s down market(2)

In a tough year for China private equity, Carlyle closed seven deals and realised about $2bn. The firm's 2013 deal pipeline is `robust' said X.D. Yang, co-head of Carlyle Asia Partners.

3 min read · 22 January 2014

Yuil PE completes Korean bank buyout

The firm co-invested with SC Lowy in Shinmin Bank.

1 min read · 22 January 2014

Ten funds raise 70% of Asia’s capital

Ten funds accounted for around 70 percent of the capital raised in Asia in 2013

2 min read · 21 January 2014

HAO sells down stake in China’s PAX

HAO Capital has sold a block of their holdings in the POS terminal maker.

1 min read · 20 January 2014

Exclusive: Affinity exceeds hard cap with $3.8bn close

KY Tang's pan-Asian firm has closed its fourth private equity vehicle after 16 months in market.

2 min read · 17 January 2014

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