Private Equity
Shanghai will allow foreign investors to register as local firms, granting them a preferable tax and legal status.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity firms have agreed to sell Talecris Biotherapeutics, purchased for $590m in 2005, to Australian blood products company CSL.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US investment bank continues to enhance its private equity activities in the region, closing on one-third of the capital it is raising for a pan-Asian infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US’s largest public pension fund aims to invest 3 percent of its portfolio, or roughly $8.3bn, in infrastructure over the next two years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The second largest securities brokerage in Japan is putting plans in place to launch a private equity fund and expand its real estate business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Taiwanese venture firm PAC-LINK and Japanese venture firm Japan Asia Investment Company are among backers of a Shanghai-based video game developer. Ultizen develops games including Kung Fu Piggy, a massively multiplayer online game.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As the Beijing Olympics get underway, the world’s finest sprint hurdlers are not the only ones in China whose view of the finishing line is obscured by some rather large obstacles, writes Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Permira has hired a former Goldman banker in its recently established Hong Kong office to lead its efforts in Greater China. The firm's second Asian office now has four investment professionals.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
MBK Partners is set to invest ¥7bn in Tasaki Shinju to help strengthen the company's domestic market position and expand its overseas operations. This will be the firm's second deal in Japan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Palo Alto firm has tied up with Indian venture firm Erasmic, and plans to raise a $60 million venture capital fund for investing in multiple sectors in the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
