Private Equity
Despite the possibility of a rival offer from a local business and delays in regulatory approval, Carlyle remains positive that its $375m offer for Chinese construction company Xugong will be the first majority acquisition of a Chinese state-owned enterprise by a private equity firm.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
As a recent spate of private equity fund closings and transactions makes clear, it’s not just the American public that is hooked on oil—institutional investors are junkies as well. By Paul Fruchbom.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Brentwood Associates will sell the consumer-product company to Carlyle after a hotly contested auction.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
With the addition of Ron Cao as partner at the Menlo Park-based venture firm, Lightspeed Venture Partners is positioning itself to tap early stage opportunities in China.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
In many parts of the world – emerging markets included – the growing demand for clean tech and alternative energy is sparking interest among private equity and venture capital funds. Judy Kuan reports.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
While groups like New York’s Avenue Capital are seeing distressed opportunities increasing around the world, China is currently grabbing most attention. Andy Thomson finds out why.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
The manager of the largest pan-Asian private equity fund is to acquire a 30 percent stake for a reported $623 million in China-listed Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A consortium led Macquarie Bank is vying with US private equity firm TPG-Newbridge to acquire the telecommunications and media assets of Hong Kong-listed PCCW in what could be a deal worth over $7 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firm Newbridge Capital has signed an agreement to invest as much as $200 million in a liquefied natural gas project in Xinjiang, a north-western province of China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firms may become the partners of choice for Taiwanese companies seeking a way of upping their exposure to China.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
