Private Equity

Asia-Pacific

Intel leads Legend Silicon $40M funding round

Intel Capital has led a $40 million investment round for a company aiming to provide better television reception for the whole of China.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Baird sells SHE to RACO

UK-based Baird Capital Partners has doubled its money by selling cooling manufacturer SHE to RACO, an Italian automotive manufacturing group.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Industri Kapital sells Elektrokoppar after nearly 10 years

Buyout firm Industri Kapital has exited from Elektrokoppar after nearly 10 years invested in the company and several difficult economic cycles in the copper industry.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Oaktree, MTS Health Investors grab stake in KKR’s Alliance Imaging

The two groups have bought a majority stake in imaging services provider Alliance Imaging from KKR in a deal worth about $153m.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Cognetas and Sagard win €670m Desjonquères race

Buyout firms Cognetas and Sagard have triumphed in the race to buy Desjonquères, the bottle-making division of French group Saint-Gobain.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

CCMP wins €685m BOC Edwards auction

CCMP Capital Advisors, a US-based buyout firm with a long track record in Asia, has won the €685m auction for BOC Edwards, a vacuum equipment business with a large customer base in the region.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Crestview makes automotive investment

The New York-based firm has decided to appoint Ford Motor Company veteran Sir Nick Scheele as the chairman of the board of Key Safety Systems.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Carlyle backs down on Xugong

US buyout firm The Carlyle Group has had to settle for a minority stake in Xugong, a Chinese construction machinery manufacturer that it has been trying to buy outright since 2005. The proposed sale caused an outcry in China.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Carlyle loses exclusivity on ASE

Carlyle’s attempts to increase its footprint in Asia have suffered a further setback, after an independent committee voted to cancel its exclusive bidding arrangement with Taiwanese firm Adavanced Semiconductor Engineering.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

TPG, Apollo to buy Harrah’s for $17bn(3)

After months of negotiation, the board of the gaming company has agreed to a sweetened offer from the two private equity firms.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

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