Private Equity

Asia-Pacific

Report: CIC hires alternatives head

The Chinese sovereign fund has reportedly hired Zhou Yuan, former China head of global investment bank UBS.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Och-Ziff hires Morgan Stanley Asia team

Zain Fancy, Roy Kwok, Bharat Khanna and Anand Madduri have joined New York's Och-Ziff to build out its Asia real estate platform.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

CVC Asia Pacific to de-list Hong Kong beauty company

The firm will pay roughly HK$2.4bn to add Natural Beauty on to existing portfolio company Global Radiance.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Morgan Stanley RE hires former Lehman pro

Naresh Naik, former head of asset management for Lehman Brothers in India, joins the private equity real estate unit of Morgan Stanley as an executive director and head of asset management in its Mumbai office.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Investcorp, Barclays buy Italian vending machine maker for €800m

The private equity firms acquired Europe’s largest food and beverage vending machine maker from Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity and Argan Capital using about €600m of debt arranged by eight lenders.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

EQT, ATP to buy Danish IT company for $341m

European buyout firm EQT will own 85% of KMD following the buyout from Local Government Denmark to be completed in early 2009.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle invests $50m in Beijing school

The Washington DC-based private equity giant has invested in China’s education sector, in a week that has also seen the firm close its Warsaw office and Sydney-based Asian leveraged finance group.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Morgan Stanley raises $6bn for real estate, asks for more time

The Wall Street firm has deferred the final close of its latest global property vehicle because investors have asked for more time. The firm remains confident, however, it is on track to raise its target of up to $10 billion.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

EMAlternatives opens in Shanghai

The emerging markets fund investment specialist has opened its first Asian office, headed by Judy Qing Ye, formerly a director of strategic investments at Hewlett-Packard in China.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

TPG China deal embroiled in scandal

Former managers of Nissin Leasing allegedly prevented the buyout firm access and hid the company's seal, as it tried to replace the CEO. The $275m deal, completed in February, may reportedly be written down to zero.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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