FountainVest related stories
All articles and analysis
PE bidders back out of $1.9bn China dealCarlyle, FountainVest and Primavera have withdrawn from the take-private of US-listed Shanda Games
- FountainVest to lead US firm China expansion
The China-focused firm has teamed with CPPIB for the buyout of Key Safety Systems
- CDH, Goldman pull $1.9bn WH Group IPO
The Chinese pork giant has cancelled its Hong Kong listing due to 'excessive market volatility'.
- Asia Forum: Opportunity in China’s uncertainty
CDH chairman Shangzhi Wu sees promise in cross-border and SOE deals.
- CPPIB hires former Doughty Hanson exec
The C$193bn pension has hired Mark Corbidge, Doughty Hanson’s former co-head of private equity.
- Asia fundraising down 30 percent in 2012
Investor sentiment in Asia's two largest markets was down significantly in 2012, reflected in the steep drop in fundraising. However, KKR managed to raise the region’s largest fund ever.
- CPPIB is the world's biggest PE fund investor
The Canadian pension system has topped the LP50 – PEI's exclusive new ranking of the world's most prolific private equity fund investors – after committing almost $4bn in a single 12-month period.
- FountainVest: Value in an RMB fund
The firm intends to raise an RMB fund, which provides specific advantages in China.
- Privately Speaking: Frank Tang of FountainVest Partners
FountainVest raised $1.35bn for its second China fund in eight months, despite its relative youth and lack of track record. Drew Wilson met with CEO and managing partner Frank Tang to find out what this tells us about the firm – and about the maturing private equity landscape in China.
- FountainVest: ‘China is not going to turn back’
FountainVest CEO Frank Tang told board members of a San Diego pension that China was unlikely to reverse its course on open markets and strong regulations.