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  • Longreach to acquire control of Taiwan’s EnTie Bank(3)
    Sharon Lim- 4 January 2013

    The Longreach Group, a largely Japan-focused private equity firm, has joined a number of other international buyout firms to invest in a bank in Taiwan where the fragmented industry is undergoing consolidation.

  • Longreach to acquire control of Taiwan’s EnTie Bank(2)
    Sharon Lim- 4 January 2013

    The Longreach Group, a largely Japan-focused private equity firm, has joined a number of other international buyout firms to invest in a bank in Taiwan where the fragmented industry is undergoing consolidation.

  • Longreach to acquire control of Taiwan’s EnTie Bank
    Sharon Lim- 4 January 2013

    The Longreach Group, a largely Japan-focused private equity firm, has joined a number of other international buyout firms to invest in a bank in Taiwan where the fragmented industry is undergoing consolidation.

  • Asia Alternatives raises $515m for maiden fund of funds
    Sharon Lim- 4 January 2013

    Asia Alternatives, a new fund of fund manager that has its headquarters in Hong Kong, has raised $515 million, exceeding a $450 million hard cap. The fund may have just held its final close but is already invested in more than ten funds focused across 12 Asian countries.

  • Ripplewood and Videocon to acquire Daewoo Electronics
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    Ripplewood Holdings, a US private equity firm, and Videoncon Industries, an Indian strategic partner, have won the race to acquire Korea’s Daewoo Electronics in a transaction worth a reported $700 million.

  • MBK and TPG-Newbridge to compete for China Networks
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    Two private equity firms have been shortlisted from an original list of six that included Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs to compete for the acquisition of China Networks Systems, a Taiwanese cable TV operator.

  • MBK leads $122.6m acquisition of Korea’s HK Mutual Bank
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    MBK Partners, a North Asian-focused private equity fund manager, has led a $122.6 million purchase of a controlling stake in Korea’s HK Mutual Savings Bank.

  • MBK in billion-dollar race for Taiwan’s China Network Systems
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity manager, is competing with Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and KKR for Taiwan’s top cable TV operator in a transaction estimated to fetch about $1.4 billion.

  • Shinhan beats private equity to buy LG Card
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    Shinhan Financial Group of Korea has narrowly beaten Hana Bank and MBK Partners to a $7 billion acquisition of Korea’s LG Card Co.

  • Affinity to raise $2bn fund
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    Affinity Equity Partners, a pan-Asian buyout firm, is aiming for at least $1.5 billion for a new fund, Fund III, it will start raising toward the end of the year.