Private Equity
The Australian Tax Office's proposals for stricter tax rules on private equity investment stand to lose Australia its title as Asia's most investor-friendly investment destination.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The BlackBerry Partners Fund has teamed up with China Broadband Capital Partners to manage a $100m fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
RREEF promotes asset and portfolio management head Paul Keogh to chief investment officer for its Asia Pacific business. Keogh, who has also held other roles at RREEF, replaces Mark Fogle who resigned at the end of last month.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Mark Florian went from advising on blockbuster toll road deals for one of Wall Street’s finest to building out an energy infrastructure team at the world’s oldest energy private equity firm. In his first interview since joining First Reserve from Goldman Sachs last year, he tells Cezary Podkul why he made the transition and what he hopes to accomplish at his new employer.
10 min read · 05 January 2013
TPG portfolio company China Grand Automotive could raise up to $1bn through its initial public offering.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Mark Fogle, who was chief investment officer for Asia at the Deutsche Bank-owned alternative investment and asset management platform, has confirmed his departure from the firm. Fogle joined RREEF at the start of 2007 after a spell with AIG.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The global development organisation sees an opportunity to help grow private equity secondaries in emerging markets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In August, Zurich-based private equity investment specialist SCM Capital Management published its second annual report on the current state of private equity in Asia Pacific. Entitled "Too big to be ignored, but no safe haven either", SCM's analysis is a qualified embrace of the private equity proposition in the region today. Here, CEO Stephan Hepp discusses the key findings.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Jon Tanaka has been appointed managing director and head of Japan in charge of Angelo Gordon’s real estate activities in the country.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 05 January 2013
