Private Equity
Highlights from the 2012 list of the 300 largest private equity firms in the world.
6 min read · 08 February 2013
To compete with private sector pay, public institutions may have to focus on hiring people who buy into the organisation's social purpose, according to CalPERS CIO Joe Dear.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Actis has sold China investment Xiabu Xiabu to the US private equity firm as the first realisation from its China Fund III.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts recently opened a Singapore office, its seventh in Asia. The firm’s regional leader of Southeast Asia provides his views on a region where very few global firms have made investments.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Vietnam is not the first place you would associate with technology innovation, yet IDG Ventures Vietnam has made over 40 investments in the country in the media/technology sector. Managing general partner Henry Nguyen talks about Vietnam with PE Asia.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Banks and other traditional debt providers have decreased their funding to businesses in Asia forcing entrepreneurs to accept financing from credit managers, explains Robert Petty of Clearwater Capital Partners.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Fundraising is down nearly 50 percent in most of Asia in 2012, according to the data division of PEI, and yet big funds are being raised for the region. Vincent Ng, a partner at Atlantic-Pacific Capital, discusses the fundraising climate.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
As the stock price for Xindaxin Materials remains depressed, the exit for an escort of domestic GPs from their PIPE investment in the company doesn’t look promising.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
As of Q3, Carlyle’s Asia funds on average have a lower IRR than its funds in other geographies, and co-founder Bill Conway has expressed concerns about the economies of Japan and China.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
More PE-backed Australian companies aim to expand into Asia to offset slower growth at home.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
