Private Equity

East Asia

SPECIAL REPORT: Thrivers and survivors

These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

3i exits Chinese department store via IPO

PCD Stores raised $374m in its IPO, which was 43 times oversubscribed and generated a 'strong return' for the UK-headquartered private equity firm.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Probitas urges new approach to infrastructure investing

Limited partners should cast aside traditional categorisations of risk and re-think expected returns and fees, according to a white paper published by the placement agent. The paper also identifies 70 funds in the market for $100bn, of which 55 are first-time managers.

5 min read · 05 January 2013

Tax: a global view

PEI Media’s sister publication, PERE magazine, recent sat down to speak with Keith O’Donnell, the global head of real estate at Taxand, to discuss the grand tax themes shaping the industry. From crackdowns on abuse of tax treaties to attacks on interest deductibility of intra-company loans and the taxation of debt investments, there is plenty to concern private fund managers.

6 min read · 05 January 2013

CalPERS commits $120m to SAIF IV

The commitment comes as the $200bn pension is reviewing its private equity programme, including analysing fees paid by its fund managers to placement agents.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Private equity firms eye Chinese wind developer

Chinese and foreign private equity firms have submitted first-round bids for a minority stake in Honiton Energy.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle- and GS-backed Cobalt eyes $1bn listing

The oil and gas exploration platform, created in 2005 by a consortium including Carlyle, Goldman and First Reserve, hopes to fund its exploration activities despite having ‘no proved reserves’.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Apax to buy Israel's largest asset manager in $620m deal

Apax will boost its FIG holdings with Psagot Investment House, a $32bn asset manager in which Hellman & Friedman had reportedly bid for a lesser stake at a lower valuation.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

The PIPE paradox

Private investments in public equity have always been a talking point in Indian private equity, but even LPs who don’t buy into the strategy say they will continue to remain a part of the country’s private equity landscape.

6 min read · 05 January 2013

Stanchart invests INR500m in Indian agrochemical business

The investment in PI Industries will be used to scale up the company’s current facilities and build a new manufacturing plant in Gujarat.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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