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KKR and Silver Lake portfolio company files for IPOAvago plans to raise $504m in the IPO, in which both private equity firms will be diluting their stakes. The semiconductor company was KKR’s first deal in Asia when both firms acquired the company in 2005 for $2.66bn.
- Advent builds Indian presence
P. Jayendra Nayak has joined the firm’s operating partner programme as it works towards the opening of an Indian office in 2010.
- Report: Bain has China tea deal brewing
Less than a month after it invested in GOME, the buyout firm is reportedly in exclusive talks to invest up to $50m for a minority stake in Beijing Outsell Health Product Development. The company makes tea as well as cosmetics including weight loss products.
- NZL Superannuation hires Hamilton Lane
The NZ$13.1bn Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have appointed Hamilton Lane to advise on the fund's private equity investments.
- KKR moves ahead with listed merger
The buyout firm is on track to merge with its Euronext-listed affiliate KPE by October.
- The PEI Asia 30
PEI Asia’s inaugural ranking of the 30 largest private equity firms from the Middle East and the Asia Pacific.
- Private Equity Council supports SEC registration rules
The US lobbying group for a dozen or so mega-firms is keen to support new regulations in the States, but warns the bulk of the US private equity industry - thousands of lower mid-market firms - may be adversely affected by proposed registration requirements.
- KKR enters music industry with €250m BMG deal
The buyout firm has partnered with media conglomerate Bertelsmann to develop a global music rights management business. BMG Rights Management has contracts with artists including 80s pop band A-ha, Welsh DJ Sasha and German hip hop and reggae artist Peter Fox.
- KKR offloads 50% stake in Oriental
Less than two months after acquiring Oriental Brewery in a blockbuster deal, KKR is selling half the brewer to Affinity Equity Partners for $400m.
- Report: Hopu takes stake in Chinese dairy
The reported co-investment in China Mengniu Dairy Company alongside China-backed COFCO marks the second private equity investment in a Chinese dairy firm in as many months.