Merrill Lynch has made several key appointments in Asia in leveraging the region’s private equity boom.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Kirkland & Ellis, a law firm, has picked Hong Kong to make its foray into Asia as China is where the firm’s private equity clients are most active.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Bain Capital has partnered CBL & Associates, a US mall developer and owner, to invest in a Chinese mall operator and real estate developer based in Nanjing.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US-based Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire an Australian software firm in which Colonial First State has a 28 percent stake.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
CITIC Capital Partners is boosting its Japan private equity operations with the appointment of Hironobu Nakano as managing director, and the recruitment of two of his former colleagues.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Standard Chartered Private Equity is investing in its third Chinese property developer in under a year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ARC Capital Holdings, a China-focused fund listed on London’s growth market, has agreed to invest $18 million in a Chinese diary company via a joint venture.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
GSR Ventures, an affiliate of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Mayfield, has raised $200 million for its second China-focused fund, less than a year after closing its debut fund.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Washington State Investment Board has given a preliminary pledge to commit $500 million toward Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co’s first Asia-dedicated buyout fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A private equity consortium of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity and Pacific Equity Partners has approached Veda Advantage, Australia-listed credit checking company, with a $636 million proposal.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
