Private Equity

East Asia

Sequoia to invest $63m in Chinese milk producer

Joining KKR and others already invested in China's dairy sector, the PIPE deal will give Sequoia an 8.7% stake in Beijing-headquartered American Dairy.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Shanghai’s dark cloud

The ability of China’s largest city to become a major global fund formation centre hinges on the unpredictable attitude of central government, writes Andy Thomson.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Merrill Lynch signals end of Asia real estate platform

As well as selling the management of its Asian Real Estate Opportunity Fund, the bank is also offering for sale the management of all the remaining assets in the region on its balance sheet.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

TPG to lead HK$1.65bn PIPE in Chinese retailer

TPG has teamed up to buy an 11% stake in Wumart with Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital and its parent, Legend Holdings.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Nova, FF&P to buy Shanghai-based optics company

The UK-based private equity firms will acquire Oerlikon Optics’ assets in China, the US, Japan, Taiwan and Liechtenstein.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CLSA, Guosheng team to raise RMB10bn

The bank and state-backed firm are the latest to take advantage of Shanghai's pilot fund policy. The CLSA fund will invest in sectors including renewable energy.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: Chinese state-backed financial sector fund set up

GP Capital, a newly established private equity firm backed by the Shanghai government, is reportedly targeting RMB20bn for a fund focused on China’s financial sector.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

LGT raises $268m for secondaries deals

The Swiss alternatives firm has gathered more than a third of the $750m target for its latest global secondaries fund.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Shanghai gains momentum with two RMB fund launches

First Eastern and Blackstone have taken advantage of an onshore fund pilot programme in Shanghai, as China's big cities jockey to become the country's private equity centre.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle loses head of Japanese growth investments

Haruyasu Asakura has left the firm but Carlyle told PEO it continues to focus on SMEs and real estate assets in Japan, despite recent media reports suggesting otherwise.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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