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Advantage in 7x Japan secondary saleAdvantage Partners will sell a coffee shop franchise to MBK Partners for about $480 million, highlighting a growing trend of GP-to-GP secondaries in Japan.
- Japan ripens for exits
Several recent divestments in Japan have been well above average multiples, highlighting the country’s increasingly liquid market.
- A true reawakening?
Prime minister Shinzo Abe’s radical $116tn stimulus package has injected some hope into Japan’s economy. But are private equity firms likely to reap the benefits?
- CDH Asia's largest PE manager
The Hong Kong-based firm has $8 billion in AUM, the biggest amount among Asia-based private equity firms, followed by Hony and PAG.
- MBK nears $2.6bn hard cap
The Korea-based private equity fund expects to close soon ‘vastly oversubscribed', having made a penultimate close on $2.3bn to-date.
- MBK acquires ING Korea
The pan-Asian firm intends to acquire the Korean arm of Netherlands insurance giant ING in a $1.65bn deal, while ING Group retains a 10% stake.
- Korea PE returns outperform
PE-owned companies in South Korea generated returns of 40 percent in 2012, topping all other emerging economies, while investments in the country increased.
- Bain serves up $123m Japan exit
The private equity giant has sold a 75% holding in Domino’s Pizza Japan to Domino’s Australia after significant operational improvements on the business.
- Korea’s NPS to commit $360m to PE trio
MBK, Vogo and Unison have been selected as the recipients of a 400 billion KRW capital commitment from Korea’s National Pension Service.
- OTPP: Value creation ‘absolutely paramount’
The Canadian pension fund, which has just opened an office in Hong Kong, sees operational work as a main criteria in fund manager selection, says Jane Rowe, senior VP.