Private Equity
As the firm seeks to build its reputation in the Asian buyout arena, private equity firm H&Q Asia Pacific has raised two new vehicles with a combined $500m in capital to target larger, later stage investments in the North Asian market.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Chinese company has completed the $1.25bn purchase of IBM’s personal computing unit and agreed to a $350m investment from three private equity firms.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Taking a cue from the largest state pension funds, Wal-Mart has recently announced a $25 million private equity fund targeting women- and minority-owned businesses. Can private equity be good for a company’s image?
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK-listed international venture capital and buyout group has committed $45m as a limited partner in a new fund being raised by Chinese growth capital investor CDH China.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Investment firms are turning an eye towards the Asian subcontinent, including its burgeoning non-performing loans, distressed assets and turnaround opportunities. By Aaron Lovell.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
KPS Special Situations and Pegasus Partners have already recouped 1.5x their investment in Genesis Worldwide thanks to a unit sale to Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have posted a 14-fold return on their investment in Ping An, the Chinese life assurance firm, following the sale of their stakes to HSBC.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Merrill Lynch, the global investment bank, has recruited Terutomo Mitsumasu to head up a new buyout operation in Japan.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
As the Asian economy recovers and competition for distressed opportunities grows, players are rethinking their investment strategies in the region. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Investors in China have greeted the newly effective Circular 75 with relief but continue to exhibit wariness about the regulation’s practical impact on the registration of offshore investments by PRC residents.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
