Private Equity
First came the financial crisis, then the Arab Spring. The MENA region has had to deal with crises on several fronts over the last few years. So how well is the region’s private equity industry picking itself up after the turmoil?
7 min read · 19 September 2013
Value creation may not necessarily be at the top of LPs’ wish-lists in Asia, but it’s starting to have an increasing influence on capital commitments to funds, writes Drew Wilson
10 min read · 19 September 2013
China’s outbound M&A continues to grow – despite the reservations in some quarters overseas about Chinese buyers, writes Clare Burrows
3 min read · 19 September 2013
Bill Ferris is sometimes referred to as the ‘father’ of private equity in Australia. Now he’s written a book about the lessons he’s learned during his 40-year investment career. James Taylor reports
5 min read · 19 September 2013
Insurance companies in India, representing a potential $10 billion in capital, have been given the green light to invest in alternative investment funds.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
As deals, exits and fundraising falter in China, private equity firms are gradually finding more buyout opportunities, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The private equity firm has made a first and final close on its $950m hard cap six months after launch, raising what is possibly the region's largest sector fund ever.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Southeast Asia-focused firm has reached a first close about four months after launching Fund II, and aims to attract European and US LPs.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Where the growth is
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The pan-Asian firm intends to acquire the Korean arm of Netherlands insurance giant ING in a $1.65bn deal, while ING Group retains a 10% stake.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
