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The market that never closesDespite 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.
- Vogo to market Fund II
The Seoul-based firm, which has fully deployed its maiden fund, aims to raise up to $858m.
- Unitas gets nine bids for Buy The Way
The majority of the bids from private equity firms and Asian banks were worth more than $260m.
- Asia’s rising stars
PEI Asia asked some of the region’s leading private equity LPs to name their pick of the Asia Pacific region’s “first-time” funds. The results are the eight names listed on pages 16 and 17. While some of the people may be familiar, having already made their mark elsewhere in Asian private equity, the firms they run now are probably not – yet. They have had the toughest of challenges thrown at them, in the form of the economic downturn, but the expectation is that these eight firms will go on to establish themselves firmly in the bedrock of the Asian private equity industry. Reporting by Jenny Blinch, Siddharth Poddar and Yvette Choo
- Unitas eyes sale of Buy the Way
The buyout firm has appointed Deutsche Bank to lead the sale of the South Korean chain of convenience stores, which could fetch up to $500m according to some reports.
- KKR partner to stand for Jones Lang LaSalle board role
In addition to his current role at the global private equity firm, Ming Lu will stand for election at the global real estate firm’s annual meeting of shareholders next month.
- Pantheon hires Brian Lim from CDC
Pantheon Ventures, one of the earliest fund of funds entrants in the Asian market, has hired Brian Lim from UK government-backed CDC Group. Lim will join the firm's Hong Kong-based team, currently investing an $800m Asian fund of funds.
- Bain loses Japanese managing director
Junichi Shiroshita has left the firm to join Bank of America’s investment banking business in Japan.
- Unitas appoints managing director
Lian Xiaolu has joined the Asian firm's Shanghai team to bolster deal sourcing capabilities in China.
- Changing dynamics
The shifts being seen in Western LP-GP relationships are also surfacing in Asia, writes Siddharth Poddar.