Private Equity
Private equity investments in China for the month of August decreased by as much as 72 percent from July, in what is likely a reflection of slowdown in business activity during the Beijing Olympics.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges will make it easier for private equity firms to exit their Chinese investments. Backers of portfolio companies that have gone public will now only have to wait one year instead of three years to sell stakes.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The three buyout firms are reportedly seeking to acquire a 10 percent stake in the Korean life insurance company that could value the enterprise at more than $7.5bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A blank cheque company sponsored by a Japanese consortium has agreed to acquire Senoko Power from the sovereign wealth fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The US firm is targeting $100m for its first Asian fund. Unlike other fund managers with grand expansion plans for Asia, Riverside is staying away from India and China.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Two weeks after making an indicative offer for shares of the Hong Kong watch company, CVC Asia Pacific has pulled out. Meanwhile Peace Mark has received another offer from an undisclosed investor.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Israel's Infinity Equity has teamed again with China Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Venture Partners, this time to back a spin-out of Hong Kong-listed technology company Digital China Holdings.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
China's first wholly domestic private equity fund is reportedly in talks with Xugong to acquire a 45 percent stake in the construction equipment manufacturer. Carlyle's bid, agreed three years prior, failed to gain regulatory approvals and stirred opposition pertaining to foreign ownership of domestic assets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
TPG, MBK Partners, Providence and Macquarie are reportedly among the firms that have made it through the first round of bidding for the media and telecommunications assets of Hong Kong-listed PCCW. Apax, Bain and Carlyle may also be second-round bidders.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Greater China-focused affiliate of US private equity firm Clarity Partners is investing C$20 million in Canada’s Adaltis to fund the company’s expansion into the Chinese market.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
