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  • Ilshin and Macquarie Bank raise $100m for Korean fund
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    Ilshin Investment, the venture capital subsidiary of a Korean cotton spinner, has joined hands with Australia’s Macquarie Bank to raise a $100 million Korean mid-market growth and buyout fund.

  • MBK raises $1.56bn in debut buyout fund
    Sharon Lim- 3 January 2013

    MBK Partners created ripples when its founders left Carlyle to raise a billion dollars, and now they are making a grand entrance with a $1.56bn debut fund.

  • South Korea commits $350m to private equity
    Paul Fruchbom- 30 December 2012

    The country’s $133bn pension fund has pledged $350m to two Asian private equity funds as it looks to commit $7bn to the sector over the next five years.

  • Temasek, Ontario ‘agree’ $750m Kim punt
    Andy Thomson- 30 December 2012

    Michael Kim, the former co-head of Asian buyouts at Carlyle Group, has quickly amassed $750 million of commitments for his spinout fund MBK Partners, according to a report.

  • Kim launches MBK Partners
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Michael Kim, the former co-head of Asian buyouts at The Carlyle Group who quit the Washington DC-based firm earlier this year, has launched new private equity firm MBK Partners.