Private Equity
The fate of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing’s latest global opportunity fund lies in an investor vote to extend its investment period scheduled to happen this month.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
While China’s growth story remains at the top of the list for LPs in Asia, some may be forgetting the opportunities offered by the most established private equity market in Asia Pacific. PE Asia asked some placement agents what they thought about where to invest on the continent.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Bain Capital is nearing a first close for its second Asia fund, the first for which Bain has offered two fee options to LPs in order to attract capital in a tough fundraising market.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity firm the China-ASEAN Investment Fund will next year raise a fund up to three times the size of its current $1bn fund dedicated to Southeast Asia, as LPs look to increase their exposure to the region.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Guy Hands-led Terra Firma has held exploratory talks with two sovereign wealth funds over the possibility of managing capital on a segregated account basis.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Nick Money-Kyrle led private equity firm has agreed to its second big exit of the year, scoring a 4.2x return on its 2006 investment in FEP Fahrzeugelektrik Pirna.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Weijian Shan, one of TPG's top dealmakers in China for more than a decade before leaving to chair PAG Group, talks with Private Equity International about the Chinese market.
9 min read · 06 January 2013
Asia’s growing private equity activity is led by the energy, mining and utilities and consumer sectors, according to a recent report.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Chinese firm, founded by John Zhao, is targeting almost twice the size of its fourth USD fund, which closed on $1.4bn.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity figures in Australia are hitting new heights as more investors look to Asia Pacific for opportunities. With buyouts 542 percent up since crisis times, exit figures are higher than ever, according to figures from Dealogic.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
