Private Equity
Goldman Sachs Private Equity has raised $600 million for its first pan-Asian fund of funds.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Temasek, the Singapore sovereign fund, has lost three senior investment executives in a week. Jimmy Phoon, the chief investment officer of the investment firm in Singapore, is leaving. Hong Kong’s Frank Tang, Temasek China dealmaker, has also resigned with his colleague Terry Hu.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Dubai investment group Istithmar has opened an office in Shanghai; it is the firm’s first office outside of the United Arab Emirates.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
As the year draws to a close PEO's team has pulled out its crystal ball to take a view on 10 of the themes that will occupy the industry in 2008.
6 min read · 04 January 2013
Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund has acquired an 81 percent interest in a motorway in China’s Guangzhou city for $532 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US retailer Restoration Hardware has agreed to a $267 million buyout by consumer-focussed private equity firm Catterton Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group and China National Chemical Corporation are part of a consortium offering A$3 billion to take private an Australia-listed agricultural chemicals maker.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG plans to make its third investment in the Asian financial sector with a ¥20 billion investment in the Japanese lender.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns and Eagle Investments have selected Steven Kwok, previously of private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Orchid Asia, to lead their joint effort in China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group has recently opened an office in Tokyo, headed by Alan Miyasaki, who has moved from New York to spearhead the group’s real estate investment activity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
