Private Equity
Institutional investors overwhelmingly cite deep due diligence as a prelude to new investments, according to an E&Y survey.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The Japan-focused, small cap buyout firm said it will exit an investment in a Japanese clothing company that has a presence in China.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Despite the bleak performance indicators of China’s private equity industry in 2012, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ predicts that 2013 could be a record year for the industry.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
A review process initiated by the Chinese regulator may decrease the waiting time for IPO approval by removing around 300 companies.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
PEI shares some highlights from the recent HKVCA Asia Private Equity Forum in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
In China, some see evidence of a gradual shift toward control investments due to a generational change and slowing GDP growth, delegates heard at the HKVCA Forum in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Advantage Partners will sell a coffee shop franchise to MBK Partners for about $480 million, highlighting a growing trend of GP-to-GP secondaries in Japan.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Blackstone chief Steve Schwarzman took time to attend New Jersey’s State Investment Council meeting this week to give his macro view of the market.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
A PRC Supreme Court ruling in favour of profit guarantees is reassuring for PE investors in China, according to a Ropes & Gray report.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Two years after Invesco acquired the Asian real estate business of AIG, the firm is raising an $800m opportunity fund and a rare open-ended, core-focused vehicle for which it expects to attract $1bn in five years.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
