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Daiwa SMBC invites bids for Q'SaiKey Asian buyout firms are among the potential buyers the Japanese private equity firm has approached for the vegetable juice producer, which it reportedly bought for $648m in 2006.
- The Asian A-list
PEI Asia presents the 2009 Asian winners in the tenth annual Private Equity International Awards.
- Taiwan’s Fubon Financial in RMB fund initiative
Fubon, which is partnering with China Development Bank and the Fujian provincial government, will reportedly raise RMB5bn for the fund.
- Primus Financial acquires US brokerage
The acquisition of Chapdelaine is the Hong Kong-based private equity start-up’s first since buying AIG's Nan Shan Insurance and will be a platform to build a global brokerage business.
- Temasek to invest $200m in GMR Energy
The smaller of the two Singaporean sovereign wealth funds is backing the Indian company’s energy expansion plans.
- Financing finance
Despite the increased risks posed by investment in the financial services sector, recent deals show the crisis has failed to dampen private equity appetite for deals in this space. Yvette Choo reports.
- KDB PE fund to take control of Kumho Asiana engineering unit for W3trn
The state lender is also establishing another private equity fund to acquire Kumho Life Insurance, another Kumho Asiana unit.
- The market that never closes
Despite the global financial crisis, private equity activity in South Korea remained buoyant throughout 2009 and is set to keep up the pace into 2010. Siddharth Poddar looks at the market that gave Asia its largest buyout last year.
- MBK test drives Korean car rental company
The North Asia-focused private equity firm is part of the preferred bidding consortium for Kumho Rent-A-Car, a deal expected to be worth $260m.
- Japanese buyouts fall 64%
Private equity and principal investment firms have invested just $4.6bn in Japanese buyouts this year.