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  • KKR eyes Asia
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    In the same week that Blackstone announced plans to open an office in India, KKR is reportedly considering its first Asian investment – an $800m stake in Samsung Life Assurance.

  • PE firms miss out on Korea’s Jinro
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    A host of private equity bidders were outmanoeuvred by a South Korean brewing firm in the battle for control of one of the Asian drinks industry’s most prized assets.

  • Korea’s biggest private equity fund to launch
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Korea Development Bank reportedly will announce the formation of a South Korean-based private equity fund with won 340 billion in assets.

  • Investor apathy greets new Korean funds
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Efforts to stimulate the domestic private equity industry in South Korea appear to be failing, as new funds cut their targets or abandon fundraising efforts completely.