Private Equity
The China-based firm has attracted more than two dozen investors for its fifth fund, targeting $650m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
China’s securities regulator is reportedly drafting rules that would allow securities firms to launch private equity funds as early as this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Ma, who was CFO of Lenovo prior to joining TPG, is reportedly setting up a fund with Louis Cheung, president of Chinese insurer Ping An.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Jamie Paton and Allen Gu, former senior executives at Candover Asia, will lead the energy investor's first Asian office.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Nordic firm has acquired Taiwan’s Gala TV alongside the company’s CEO Poa-Chuan Lin.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Equis Funds Group, which is targeting energy and infrastructure opportunities across Asia, is understood to be in the early stages of raising a debut fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Just two months after establishing an office in Seoul, the Swiss firm has made an undisclosed direct equity investment in Saehwa International Machinery.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Fundraising, M&A and exits bounced back last year from the lows of 2009, according to year-end statistics from research group Zero2IPO. But while VC reached new highs, PE has yet to return to peak levels.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Australian fund manager’s Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund has acquired its first asset in China through the purchase of a stake of just over 19% in Qujing Gas. The fund has also attracted $66m of new commitments and is targeting a final close in Q1 2011.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has two offices in China, but legal issues and a lack of financing make it hard to source deals in the country, says co-CEO Rodger Krouse.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
