Private Equity

East Asia

Picking up where they left off

After a lost year (or two), private equity activity has resumed once again in Australia. Exits, however, remain elusive. Jenny Blinch reports.

6 min read · 05 January 2013

Asia RE veteran Grady joins Mount Kellett

Timothy Grady, the real estate veteran responsible for launching and growing Merrill Lynch’s private equity real estate platform in Asia, has joined Mark McGoldrick’s Mount Kellett Capital Management as a managing director.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Non-fiduciary fallout

The power struggle between GPs and LPs has escalated to a fever pitch in a recent court action involving a Bank of America Merrill Lynch real estate fund, writes Jenna Gottlieb.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Interview: Much to play for

In his first in-depth interview since assuming the managing partner role, Hugh Langmuir explains why Cinven won’t be mimicking some of its large-cap peers.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

ASIAVIEW: As good as it gets

Why the agreement between Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Blackstone to merge its Asia operations is the best outcome for the bank’s LPs. PERE magazine September 2010 issue

4 min read · 05 January 2013

StepStone steps up secondaries business

The acquisition of a firm led by former Pomona and Hamilton Lane executives is the latest franchise expansion from the increasingly competitive San Diego-based private equity advisory firm.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

BoA Merrill Lynch in $650m Asia fund settlement

As part of the agreement, the general partner responsibilities of the $2.65bn Asian Real Estate Opportunities Fund are expected to transfer to Blackstone.

4 min read · 05 January 2013

LPs in 'gigantic' emerging markets push

Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein said during a conference in New York that interest in developing economies has greatly accelerated.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

The sun sets on Shenzhen

TPG Capital divested its remaining shares in Ping An Insurance in September, marking the end of a landmark investment and a landmark return.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

China lets insurance in

A temporary measure introduced by China’s Insurance Regulatory Commission finally allows the country’s insurance companies to invest in private equity. But is the impact on fund managers going to be all that big?

4 min read · 05 January 2013

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