Private Equity

East Asia

MS acquires stake in China’s largest cement company

Morgan Stanley and the World Bank have taken a 14 percent stake in publicly traded Anhui Conch Cement, mainland China’s largest cement company, for approximately $215m.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

HgCapital acquires German tech firm

The London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt-based mid-market buyout investor has agreed its third deal in Germany in 2005.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Riverside completes debut German deal

The Munich office of the US-based private equity firm has acquired Richter Chemie-Technik from its US parent.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Temasek to buy 5% of Bank of China

The investment arm of the Government of Singapore has agreed to acquire 5% of China’s second-largest bank through the latter’s upcoming IPO, according to a report.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

SCPE eyes expansion at Sei Woo post-MBO

Standard Chartered Private Equity, the private equity arm of Standard Chartered Bank, invested $20 million in the Singapore-based supplier of customised rubber products.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

CapVis buys textile company

The Swiss mid-market firm has acquired an 85 percent stake in the 146 year old Benninger Textile Systems.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Electra acquires French fuel business

AXA Private Equity generated an IRR of around 45 percent in the sale of Tokheim to Electra Partners Europe.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Lenovo buys IBM unit, agrees PE deal

The Chinese company has completed the $1.25bn purchase of IBM’s personal computing unit and agreed to a $350m investment from three private equity firms.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

KPS, Pegasus see profit in Japan sale

KPS Special Situations and Pegasus Partners have already recouped 1.5x their investment in Genesis Worldwide thanks to a unit sale to Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Banks reap 14x return from Chinese deal

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have posted a 14-fold return on their investment in Ping An, the Chinese life assurance firm, following the sale of their stakes to HSBC.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

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