Private Equity
Fundraising and new investments are continuing to rise in the Asian private equity market while large and profitable exits are being seen for the first time, says a new report.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Standard Chartered Private Equity has appointed Fan Chen to head its investment activities in Greater China.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity firm, has acquired the printing inks and printing plates unit of Germany’s BASF and will merge it with a Swedish rival.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
According to reports, US private equity firm Lone Star – which specialises in the purchase of distressed assets – is poised to close its Beijing office and reduce its Chinese activities.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The San Francisco Asia-Pacific specialist has submitted a ‘surprise’ $790m bid for Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group, the largest operator of pubs Down Under.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Following a transatlantic merger in 2002, Boston’s Audax Group has agreed to sell its vacuum pump platform Nash Elmo to publicly traded Gardner Denver for $223.5m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Private equity firm Actis has supported the buyout of Malaysia’s Unza Holdings – its first deal in South Asia since de-merging from CDC Capital Partners earlier in the year.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
General Atlantic Partners, the Connecticut-based private equity firm, has awarded partnerships to Vince Feng and Abhay Havaldar in Hong Kong and India respectively.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Chemical conglomerate Clariant has agreed to sell German-headquartered AZ Electronic Materials to The Carlyle Group.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
New York firms Lion Chemical Capital and ACI Capital have agreed to buy the elastomers and performance additives business from PolyOne.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
