Private Equity
Morgan Stanley’s Asia private equity group has raised $1.5 billion for the firm’s third Asia-focused fund, underlining the US bank's renewed commitment to the asset class.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The alternatives-focussed Yale University endowment returned 28 percent this year, up 5.1 percent percent from 2005. The endowment is now valued at $22.5 billion, up 25 percent from 2005.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Credit Suisse has hired Ben Ngai from Citi to focus on sponsor coverage in China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm’s Skr2 billion recapitalisation of Dacke, two years after the buyout firm acquired the company, is an exception in liquidity-starved credit markets.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Actis is switching tack with the launch of a global fund, aiming for a $1.25 billion global umbrella vehicle alongside four regional side-funds, the largest pool of capital in its history.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
After years of unsuccessful bids for US news agencies, Ron Burkle's investment firm has acquired a stake in China's Xinhua Finance Media.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The global hedge fund has recruited two bankers from Lloyds TSB after employing the UK bank’s former head of structured finance last year to set up its direct capital team.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Computer network company 3Com will be taken private by Bain Capital in partnership with Chinese networking group Huawei.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Global Emerging Markets Group and the Chinese government's investment arm are together raising a $1 billion fund to target mineral energy sources in the developing world.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Israeli tech firm Infinity Equity has twice raised its final target for the Infinity I-China Fund, which will now seek $300 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
