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  • Pushing the envelope in China
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    Global private equity giants like Carlyle, Blackstone and KKR are testing new strategies in order to do private equity in China.

  • Blackstone collects half of RMB fund target
    Hsiang-Ching Tseng- 5 January 2013

    The Steve Schwarzman-led firm, which is targeting about $738m for its debut RMB fund, expects a final close by September.

  • KKR launches China fund
    Hsiang-Ching Tseng- 5 January 2013

    KKR will for the first time raise a country-specific fund, which has a target of around $1bn.

  • Origo in $75 million RMB fund initiative
    Aston Tan- 5 January 2013

    Origo's maiden RMB fund - to be established in partnership with the Xinxiang municipal government - will focus on clean technology.

  • RMB funds dominate Chinese fundraising
    Siddharth Poddar- 5 January 2013

    Fundraising figures for 2009 show that for the first time ever RMB-denominated funds surpassed those raised in dollars.

  • Vibrant China
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    China's private equity industry began the year on shaky ground and ended it with a prediction that it would one day become the world's largest. Jenny Blinch looks at a fluctuating year

  • Abax Global Capital to raise RMB fund
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    The Hong Kong-based asset manager is the latest in a line of firms to launch a fund under the Shanghai Pudong New Area pilot scheme.

  • Carlyle sets up second RMB fund
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    The firm has acted quickly on a new pilot scheme from the Beijing government to attract foreign private equity investment. It will reportedly raise $732m.

  • RMB fund fever
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    Many foreign firms have now announced plans to launch RMB funds in Shanghai, but are there enough LPs to go round?

  • Blackstone opens Chinese entity in Shanghai
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    The US private equity giant has officially launched its first RMB fund and signed an agreement with the state-backed Shanghai Lujiazui Financial Development Company.