Shares in retailer Coles Myer have soared after a $12bn approach from KKR, Carlyle, CVC Asia Pacific, TPG Newbridge and Goldman Sachs.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Dragon, Intel Capital China and WR Hambrecht are among a few institutional investors that participated in a Series B financing round for YeePay, an e-payment service provider in China.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Softbank Investments, the venture capital arm of a Japanese financial group, is launching a fund in India with a local partner, SBI Capital Markets, a subsidiary of State Bank of India.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Clearwater Capital Partners, a US special situation fund manager with offices in Asia, is part of a consortium that has concluded a $402 million buyout of Asia Netcom.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ARCH Capital, a new fund manager in Hong Kong, has linked up with Ayala Land, a Filipino property developer, to raise a new real estate private equity fund with a $200 million target.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The private equity arm of Infrastructure Finance Company has agreed to commit up to $60 million to fund a gas grid operator startup in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made an offer to buy over 3 million shares in India-listed Allsec Technologies for $17 million in a non-binding agreement.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
CVC Asia Pacific has lost two senior investment professionals and a financial executive from its Hong Kong office over a span of three months.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Asahi Tec Corporation, a Japanese auto parts marker controlled by US buyout firm Ripplewood, is acquiring its US rival in a $1.2 billion transaction.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Wolseley, a private equity firm in Sydney, is backing the expansion plans of Freshmax, a fruit and fresh produce distributor based in New Zealand.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
