While most firms remain focused on China’s growth story, some see an opportunity in lending to SMEs that can’t get bank loans
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The firm's second Asian fund backed China hotel operator New Century, which is this week expected to become the first REIT to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange since 2011.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
After a disappointing 2011, China's sovereign wealth fund sharply increased its allocation to private equity, real estate and infrastructure, causing a spike in its returns last year.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The cleantech-focused private equity firm has invested in a portfolio of Southeast Asian renewable energy projects, marking its second deal from the debut fund.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The Singapore-based private equity firm has made an investment in Singapore’s largest real estate brokerage in a deal valued at $103 million.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Actis has sold China investment Xiabu Xiabu to the US private equity firm as the first realisation from its China Fund III.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts recently opened a Singapore office, its seventh in Asia. The firm’s regional leader of Southeast Asia provides his views on a region where very few global firms have made investments.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
CHAMP Venture’s Paul Readdy talks to PE Asia about Australian private equity firms increasingly working with foreign LPs.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Japan seems stuck, for want of a better word. Yet small-cap buyout firm J-Star sees dealflow under the surface. President Gregory Hara discusses his firm's strategy in the context of Japan's market.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Vietnam is not the first place you would associate with technology innovation, yet IDG Ventures Vietnam has made over 40 investments in the country in the media/technology sector. Managing general partner Henry Nguyen talks about Vietnam with PE Asia.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
