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Affinity closes $200m Chinese cleantech dealThe firm's second deal in China is for Beijing Leader & Harvest Electric Technologies, which manufactures energy saving devices.
- Unitas eyes sale of Buy the Way
The buyout firm has appointed Deutsche Bank to lead the sale of the South Korean chain of convenience stores, which could fetch up to $500m according to some reports.
- Blackstone to pay $2.7bn for theme park operator
The firm will use $1bn in equity in to purchase Busch Entertainment's 10 US theme parks, including Sesame Place, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.
- Blackstone nears $3bn theme park deal
SeaWorld is among the theme parks Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell to the mega-firm. Meanwhile, CVC has reportedly increased the equity ratio in its €1.3bn bid for the brewer's CEE assets.
- GIC increases exposure to private equity
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure to mitigate against further losses after a tumultuous year saw its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth.
- Affinity prepares for push into Indonesia
The Asian buyout firm has hired an Indonesian director and plans to establish an office in Jakarta by November.
- GIC names heads of Europe, Americas
The Singaporean sovereign fund continues its management overhaul, appointing Lim Chow Kiat and Anthony Lim Weng Kin as respective regional heads.
- KKR wins Korea’s largest ever buyout
If completed, KKR’s $1.8 billion purchase of Oriental Brewery will also be the second largest buyout globally so far this year.
- Report: Permira, KKR circle telemarketer
KKR is reportedly among the firms eyeing a $1.5bn deal for a Citi-owned Japanese telemarketer. If agreed, it would mark KKR's first Japanese LBO since opening in Tokyo.
- Report: CVC bids $2.1bn for Anheuser’s CEE units
Should a deal with CVC materialise, it would mark the second set of assets one of the world’s biggest brewing companies has recently sold to private equity firms.