Private Equity
US retailer Restoration Hardware has agreed to a $267 million buyout by consumer-focussed private equity firm Catterton Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group and China National Chemical Corporation are part of a consortium offering A$3 billion to take private an Australia-listed agricultural chemicals maker.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG plans to make its third investment in the Asian financial sector with a ¥20 billion investment in the Japanese lender.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Madrone Capital Partners have paid $1 billion to take a minority stake in hotel group Global Hyatt Corporation, as its family owners prepare to split the business up.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
CVC Asia Pacific added a $200 million mainland blind manufacturing business to its basket before closing the $750 million deal for shutter manufacturer Nien Made.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has reportedly found Bain Capital Partners’ $2.2 billion acquisition of 3Com a potential threat to security, due to involvement of a Chinese state-linked company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has invested $20 million in a Chinese language institute to help it expand across the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
MBK Partners in its second deal this week has beaten two local private equity firms to seal its first deal in Japan, investing ¥71 billion in Yayoi, a business software unit of internet service provider Livedoor.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
KPS-spinout Monomoy Capital Partners has increased its market share in the safety-critical components sector with the acquisition of Alcoa’s Automotive Castings business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Madrone Capital Partners have paid $1 billion to take a minority stake in hotel group Global Hyatt Corporation, as its family owners prepare to split the business up.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
