Private Equity
Congressman Christopher Cox, President Bush’s choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, has long been involved with the venture capital industry as an attorney, foe of taxes as well as opponent of supposed Silicon Valley ’technology transfer’ to China.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Hong Kong-headquartered private equity firm has invested $10 million in a battery manufacturer based in the southern China province of Fujian.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The global private equity firm is demonstrating a penchant for investing in other firms’ funds. But don’t expect it to launch a fund of funds operation just yet, reports Andy Thomson.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The marriage of China’s leading and second largest media groups, both backed by private equity firms, marks the first major private sector merger in the country.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Japan has seen only muted new deal activity so far in 2005, but the foundations are being laid for a strong finish to the season.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A month after retiring as a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group, the former secretary of state has joined the Dallas-based private equity firm, founded by former Carlyle professionals, as a partner.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Morgan Stanley and the World Bank have taken a 14 percent stake in publicly traded Anhui Conch Cement, mainland China’s largest cement company, for approximately $215m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt-based mid-market buyout investor has agreed its third deal in Germany in 2005.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Institutional investors are declining to reach for the brakes as the private equity train hurtles down the tracks. Andy Thomson reports.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
In an effort to turn South Korea into a financial hub, the government has recently established a $20 billion investment fund modeled on GIC, the investment arm of the government of Singapore.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
