Standard Chartered Private Equity has invested HK$370 million in a Chinese real estate development company, its second investment in a mainland China property in less than two months.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Carlyle Group will invest up to $20 million in Korea’s Topia Academy, an after-school private education business founded in 1995 by a former English lecturer.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Australia-listed Symbion Health has received an unsolicited takeover proposal from a consortium of two buyout firms and a strategic rival keen to acquire Symbion’s pathology, medical centres and diagnostic imaging businesses.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Temasek has extended, again, the deadline on its buyout offer for Singapore and US-listed chip tester and packager STATS ChipPAC to 18 May.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has sold its stake in a Japanese automobile parts maker for $106 million to Tokyo-listed THK, manufacturer of liner motion systems.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
CVC Asia Pacific has opened a Singapore office, its fifth in the Asia Pacific region, and recruited Sigit Prasetya from Henderson Equity Partners to run it. The firm wants to step up its activity in Southeast Asia.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ING Investment Management, a pioneer in the Australian private equity fund-of-funds business, is poised to start fundraising for its fourth investment vehicle.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Credit Suisse has boosted its private equity presence in Asia by hiring a team of six from hedge fund group Ritchie Capital, including new head Harjit Bhatia.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
CITIC Capital Partners has raised $425 million for its first China-focused private equity fund, smashing its $350 million hard cap. Investors are banking on CITIC to access control deals in Chinese state-owned enterprises.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
SAIF Partners, a private equity firm focused on Greater China, has raised $1.1 billion for its second fund as an independent entity. The fund will also invest in Korea and India.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
