Private Equity
Brazilian bank BTG Pactual and Rio-based investment group Gavea Investimentos have raised buyout funds totalling $3.3bn, underlining the growing interest in Latin American private equity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The amount raised for private equity investment in Africa last year may have been an improvement on the previous year’s total, but for a continent with strong growth and countless metrics supporting the case for investment, Africa remains a depressingly small market for the industry.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Li Keping will replace Gao Xiqing as chief investment officer at CIC. Gao will reportedly continue his roles as vice chairman and president.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The latest Global Private Equity Barometer conducted by Coller Capital shows that 68 percent of Asia Pacific LPs will be buyers in the secondaries market over the next two years, while 42 percent of them will be on the sellers' side.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
One Equity Partners, the buyout arm of JPMorgan, has partnered with Beijing Capital. The duo plans to invest $200m in Chinese companies.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $51bn pension plan has approved commitments of up to $220m to three private equity funds and up to $500m to two real estate funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The secondaries firm, which began fundraising in early 2008, has closed on $5bn and is expected to hold a final close by 30 June.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The pair has sold Leader & Harvest, a Chinese cleantech company, for $650m, a figure representing more than three times the price paid in late 2009.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Sir Bob Geldof delivered a keynote address at PEI’s Africa Forum on Wednesday in which he urged the industry to help make Africa 'one of the polar financial centres of the world'.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The Chinese private equity firm is nearing a final close on its second RMB fund and will soon raise a USD fund with a target of at least $1.4bn.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
