Private Equity
The Longreach Group, a largely Japan-focused private equity firm, has joined a number of other international buyout firms to invest in a bank in Taiwan where the fragmented industry is undergoing consolidation.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
China’s recent $3 billion investment in The Blackstone Group may have been the tip of the iceberg, as the government prepares to launch a $200 billion investment fund modeled on Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
DLA has recruited Steven Liu from Heller Ehrman to join its Beijing office as a partner. Liu is the sixth legal professional to join DLA Beijing in the last six months.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group has priced its IPO at $4.133bn – the top of an expected range. Shares with the ticker symbol BX are expected to begin trading on Friday.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Fresh details have emerged in Blackstone’s latest pre-IPO filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission about the long-term nature of its deal with China’s overseas investment vehicle.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Brysam Global Partners, a firm run by ex-Citigroup senior executives that has reportedly raised more than $1 billion for an emerging markets fund, has invested $230 million in Mexican bank Ixe. It is Brysam’s debut deal.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Shares in Blackstone closed today on the New York Stock Exchange, up 13 percent to $35 per share. The first-day trading values Stephen Schwarzman’s interest in the firm he co-founded at $8.5bn.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group is said to be mulling a $400 million investment in China’s largest petrochemicals company. The news follows a disappointing NYSE debut for Blackstone’s management company, in which the Chinese government invested $3 billion.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
WI Harper and Siemens Venture have led a $5 million investment in a Beijing-based diagnostics company in a transaction Softbank China Venture Capital participated in.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US venture capital firm Mayfield has stepped up its India focus with the appointment of two local investment professionals and a new office in Mumbai.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
