Private Equity
Fred Hu, who joined Goldman Sachs as chief economist for China in 1997, is retiring from the bank and will reportedly launch his own private equity fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Merrill Lynch’s global real estate principle investments division has halted plans to offload its Asian real estate investment management business. The platform may be placed on the market again late second quarter 2010.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The bank, which is selling an $8bn private equity business, has had an extensive history in the asset class.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment gives the emerging markets specialist a substantial minority stake in Integreon and will be used to scale up the company's operations and to make strategic acquisitions.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets specialist is rounding out its Singapore team with Lionel Soh from Temasek.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Post-economic downturn, a recurring theme in conversations with industry professionals is Asia’s rising star as an investment destination for global private equity capital.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
Emerging markets funds lost two percentage points in terms of global fundraising market share last year, with $23bn raised reflecting a 66% drop from 2008 totals.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The long-running sale of ACS’ ports division – which had revenues of €114m in 2008 – appears to be nearing its conclusion.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Mark Weisdorf, head of JPMorgan’s $4bn infrastructure investments group, talks to Cezary Podkul about his firm’s long-term approach to the asset class
7 min read · 05 January 2013
The Chinese state-backed conglomerate has signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank which will provide a $200m loan facility to back the company’s waste-to-energy projects in the country.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
