Private Equity

Asia-Pacific

Susquehanna launches US private equity arm

The US financial services firm has started a private equity group that will seek expansion stage investment opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Axiom raises $440m for Asia fund-of-funds

Axiom Asia has achieved a final close on an Asia-focused fund-of-funds, raising $440 million in less than a year since it set up. Asia Alternatives and Emerald Hill are also raising their first Asia-dedicated fund-of-funds.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Bain Capital raises $1 billion for debut Asia fund

Bain Capital has raised $1 billion for a new Asia-focused fund in just three months. This comes a year and a half after the Boston-based private equity group made its foray into the region.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

DE Shaw names CEO of Chinese PE unit

The hedge fund giant has solidified its private equity office in China with the appointment of a former JPMorgan pro Liang Meng.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Al Salam Bank-Bahrain enters China’s private equity market

The Bahrain-based bank has agreed to partner with Chinese private equity firm CMIA Capital Partners.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Venture capital investment in China grows

In 2006, venture capital investments in mainland China reached its highest point in three years and the scope of non-technology investments have also broadened, according to a study by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

MPM closes $550m fourth fund

The US-German investment house’s latest life sciences-focused fund will invest principally in US biotechnology companies.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Vietcombank increases fund size almost tenfold

Vietcombank Fund Management, a joint-venture between Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam and Singapore-based Viet Capital Holding, has raised $120 million for a second fund, one year after it closed its maiden fund on $12.5 million.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

OPENED & CLOSED

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Carlyle loses exclusivity on ASE

Carlyle’s attempts to increase its footprint in Asia have suffered a further setback, after an independent committee voted to cancel its exclusive bidding arrangement with Taiwanese firm Adavanced Semiconductor Engineering.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

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