Institutional investors overwhelmingly cite deep due diligence as a prelude to new investments, according to an E&Y survey.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Despite the bleak performance indicators of China’s private equity industry in 2012, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ predicts that 2013 could be a record year for the industry.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
A review process initiated by the Chinese regulator may decrease the waiting time for IPO approval by removing around 300 companies.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Australian fund manager IFM has made its first investment in a British airport operator, Manchester Airports Group, after helping the company win a bid for London's Stansted Airport.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
PEI shares some highlights from the recent HKVCA Asia Private Equity Forum in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
In China, some see evidence of a gradual shift toward control investments due to a generational change and slowing GDP growth, delegates heard at the HKVCA Forum in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Advantage Partners will sell a coffee shop franchise to MBK Partners for about $480 million, highlighting a growing trend of GP-to-GP secondaries in Japan.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
A PRC Supreme Court ruling in favour of profit guarantees is reassuring for PE investors in China, according to a Ropes & Gray report.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
China’s deals, exits and fundraising have been disappointing, but panelists at the HKVCA Asia Private Equity Forum agreed that the downs are necessary for the industry to evolve.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
With the IPO window virtually shut across Asia, private equity investors are considering secondaries or trade sales, according to an Ernst & Young survey.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
