East Asia

Lombard makes partial exit via IPO in Singapore

Lombard Investment has made a partial divestment from Mermaid Maritime, an offshore marine and oil drilling rigs business which listed in Singapore on 16 October.

Report: CITIC Securities to set up PE business(3)

The brokerage arm of the China International Trust and Investment Company has reportedly received approval to invest around 15 percent of its net assets in private equity.

SVB Capital adds two partners(2)

SVB Capital has hired John Dominguez of Hill Capital Management and Vincent Williams of Northern Trust Global Investments to expand its private equity programme.

China in control

Foreign private equity firms have been given clear investment guidance in China – not all of it easily palatable, writes Private Equity International's Andy Thomson.

Navis closes Asia fund on more than $1bn(4)

Navis Capital Partners, the Asia-focussed buyout firm, has closed a fund more than triple the size of its previous fund, as the continent’s buyout firms prosper.

Rene Kern: Countdown to 2008

General Atlantic, the global growth investor, is looking to the emerging BRIC markets and beyond in the 12 months ahead. Rene Kern, a managing director at the firm, spells it out.

Navis closes Asia fund on more than $1bn(3)

Navis Capital Partners, the Asia-focussed buyout firm, has closed a fund more than triple the size of its previous fund, as the continent’s buyout firms prosper.

Carlyle backs schools in China(4)

The Carlyle Group has invested $20 million in a Chinese language institute to help it expand across the country.

Report: CITIC Securities to set up PE business(2)

The brokerage arm of the China International Trust and Investment Company has reportedly received approval to invest around 15 percent of its net assets in private equity.

Goldman veteran goes full-time with Balderton(3)

Tim Bunting, the former Goldman Sachs banker, has taken on a full-time role with venture firm Balderton, after working with it in its previous incarnation as Benchmark Capital Europe.