The first quarter of this year saw the amount invested by private equity firms in the sub-continent plummet 87% year on year to just $526m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The turnaround firm is reportedly the only private equity group still eyeing India’s Satyam Computer Services.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The three private equity firms are likely to to make it to the second round of bidding for the South Korean brewery.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based pension fund is opening its first Asian office in Hong Kong and has hired Eric Mason, who was formerly at The Carlyle Group.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The India-focused mezzanine firm has acquired minority stakes in an IT provider and chemical maker as it raises $125m for its debut fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
New Zealand-based Knox Investment Partners has purchased CanPrint/ Union Offset as the eighth bolt-on to portfolio company OPUS Print Group.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity has shut down its Tokyo office four years after setting up there. The firm has not closed a deal in Japan.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A drastic drop in year-on-year deal value is 'less a judgement on private equity as an investment class but instead reflects events beyond our control', according to the New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy has backed the Korean manager's second mid-market fund, which aims to raise $500m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The two firms will raise a ¥30bn fund to invest in Asian tech companies.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
