Private Equity
Deal volume and value dropped year-on-year across the region in 2012, according to data from Mergermarket, with one exception: Korea.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
As other exit avenues dry up in China, 'pass the parcel' deals could be the only option for 7,500 unexited portfolio companies, according to China First Capital.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Hong Kong-listed developer China Resources Land has partnered Blackstone to develop a 6.45 million-square-foot mass housing development near Shanghai that could cost $1.8bn.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
China fundraising figures show more capital was raised by private equity firms in RMB than USD during 2012, in contrast to the preceding year.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
LP interest in Asia has dropped slightly year-on-year, particularly in previously popular countries like China and India, according to a recent Probitas survey.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The global asset manager has divested all investments from its second emerging markets vehicle, though it had to contend with a difficult exit market.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
A ranking of private equity firms active in China shows seven of the top ten firms to be domestic – a sharp change from 2007, when only one of the top ten was a domestic firm.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
There was no rest for several firms during the holidays that spent the allegedly ‘slow’ final week of the year closing landmark acquisitions and exits.
4 min read · 21 September 2013
The Southeast Asia-focused firm gained a 1.9x return on its sale of a poultry business alongside co-investor Rabo Capital.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Investor sentiment in Asia's two largest markets was down significantly in 2012, reflected in the steep drop in fundraising. However, KKR managed to raise the region’s largest fund ever.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
