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KKR buys into Indonesian food businessKKR Asset Management has acquired a stake in an Indonesian food company just weeks after KKR closed Asia's largest PE fund on $6 billion.
- Blackstone agrees to India buyout
The global private equity firm will take a 98% stake in auto parts maker Agile Electric in a rare control acquisition in India.
- Judge dismisses Providence and Apollo from collusion case
With the removal of the two mega private equity firms, eight others remain accused of colluding to keep deal prices low during the credit bubble era.
- Vietnam pulls in record PE investment
Global PE firms are warming to Vietnam, and they account for the bulk of the record $535 million plowed into the country in the first half of 2013.
- Graphite nears first and final close
It is understood the UK-headquartered firm will reach its £475m target over the summer, according to a source familiar with the matter.
- KV Asia debut fund raises $250m
The private equity firm co-founded by ex-Citi and StanChart executive Karam Butalia is near a final close on its debut vehicle, which targets Southeast Asia.
- E&Y: Global funds shift gaze to US
While Asia-focused funds continue to attract strong LP interest, global funds are shifting their attention toward the US, says Ernst & Young’s Jeffrey Bunder.
- TPG seeks investment period extension
The firm has asked LPs to give it more time to invest Fund VI, a move that could push the launch of TPG’s next fundraising into 2014.
- BankInvest spinout joins Vietnam PE
PENM Partners has emerged from asset management firm BankInvest to join Vietnam’s private equity community as an independent shop.
- KKR closes record Asia fund on $6bn
The firm has revealed that it reached a final close on the largest private equity fund ever raised for Asia.