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  • Ontario Teachers' HK office plans progress
    Clare Burrows- 20 September 2013

    The Canadian pension plan has received regulatory approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to operate in the special administrative region.

  • CDH Asia's largest PE manager
    Drew Wilson- 19 September 2013

    The Hong Kong-based firm has $8 billion in AUM, the biggest amount among Asia-based private equity firms, followed by Hony and PAG.

  • KKR closes record Asia fund on $6bn
    Drew Wilson- 19 September 2013

    The firm has revealed that it reached a final close on the largest private equity fund ever raised for Asia.

  • MBK acquires ING Korea
    Clare Burrows- 19 September 2013

    The pan-Asian firm intends to acquire the Korean arm of Netherlands insurance giant ING in a $1.65bn deal, while ING Group retains a 10% stake.

  • Asia PE deals slump in 2013
    Clare Burrows- 19 September 2013

    Value and volume of PE deals in Asia were down year-on-year to August, although Southeast Asia had an increase in the value of its PE-backed transactions.

  • Briefing: Vietnam investment
    Drew Wilson- 19 September 2013

    Changing dynamics in Asia are boosting private equity investment in Vietnam – perhaps more gradually this time around.

  • Friday Letter Success in the downturn
    PEI Staff- 31 January 2013

    The results of our eighth annual global readers’ poll remind that which firms are in favour will fluctuate as the industry confronts its greatest challenge.

  • Friday Letter Eyes on Asia
    PEI Staff- 31 January 2013

    Whether the Western LP/GP relationship model is truly suitable for Asia was one of the many hot topics to surface at this week’s PEI Asia Forum in Hong Kong.

  • Friday Letter Much bigger boots, with broader straps
    PEI Staff- 31 January 2013

    Sceptics say private equity is a business on life support, but if the recent exploits of KKR are anything to go by, it would seem the industry’s reinvention is making excellent progress.

  • Australia warms to cross-border strategies
    Michelle Phillips- 22 January 2013

    More PE-backed Australian companies aim to expand into Asia to offset slower growth at home.