Lombard Investments

Southeast Asia- and China-focused Lombard Investments has been actively exiting many of its Thai portfolio companies. PEI recently caught up with managing director Pote Videt to get his take on Thailand’s private equity landscape.

The Asia- and North America-focused private equity firm has acquired 48 million shares in Robinson Department Store for an estimated price of THB396 million.

The firm has invested $15m in the Taiwanese auto-part maker to back its growth in what is its third deal in the last two months.

Lombard Investments has invested $11.7m from its Southeast Asia and Greater China vehicle to fund Asiasoft’s expansion in Southeast Asia.

Lombard Investments has purchased a minority stake in a medical services company in the Philippines, with an eye on the increasing domestic demand for private healthcare.

UK-listed Candover Investments and Electra Private Equity, and San Francisco-based Lombard Investments have sold their stakes in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation to rival Canadian Pacific after 20 years, although the firms may receive a further return in 18 years time.

UK-listed Candover Investments and Electra Private Equity, and San Francisco-based Lombard Investments have sold their stakes in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation to rival Canadian Pacific after 20 years, although the firms may receive a further return in 18 years time.

UK-listed Candover Investments and Electra Private Equity, and San Francisco-based Lombard Investments have sold their stakes in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation to rival Canadian Pacific after 20 years, although the firms may receive a further return in 18 years time.

Cost attribution for ESG data collection is creating friction in some quarters. Plus: Apex Group has agreed to acquire parts of MJ Hudson; and debt is helping fill a shortfall in the continuation fund space. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

As private equity carves out a niche in the highly-liquid Thai market, PEI outlines Thailand's key players, deal environment and long-term outlook.

Thailand’s $20bn Government Pension Fund is looking to increase investments in mid-market private equity by 2020.

The disposal comes after the US's largest public pension reduced ties with 24 managers through sales in FY2016.

The private equity firm is raising a $250m fund focused on Southeast Asia, having decreased its target size from $500m.

Private equity firm the China-ASEAN Investment Fund will next year raise a fund up to three times the size of its current $1bn fund dedicated to Southeast Asia, as LPs look to increase their exposure to the region.

Southeast Asia's potential deal landscape is often overlooked by regional fund managers that find it 'easier to invest in China or India', writes Siddharth Poddar.

From the golden age to the age of pragmatism: private equity is an industry with evolving strategic priorities. PEI looks at how tastes have altered in five key respects.