Private Equity
3i has invested $30 million in John Hardy, a Hong Kong-based jewellery designer brand manufactured in Bali and sold in the US. The private equity investment will provide an exit for the founders of the family-run business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Affinity Equity Partners, one of Asia's fastest growing firms, made a splash in 2007, but sees clouds ahead. Its founder tells PEO why.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm is overhauling its senior deal team in Finland, where it has not made an investment since 2005.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns and Chinese investment firm CITIC will each acquire a 6 percent stake in one another, as well as pool resources and jointly develop private equity and venture capital products for the Asian market.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Franklin Templeton’s private equity arm has appointed Sean Wallace, who left JP Morgan earlier this month, to lead Darby Asia from Hong Kong.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The vice chairman of China’s central bank, which has close ties to the state-sponsored fund that committed $3 billion to The Blackstone Group’s initial public offering, has reportedly said that the vehicle will commit more funds to the asset class.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CITIC Capital has teamed up with an affiliate company, Shanghai-based Bright Food Group, to set up a $250 million private equity fund aimed at China’s food industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
CITIC Capital has teamed up with an affiliate company, Shanghai-based Bright Food Group, to set up a $250 million private equity fund aimed at China’s food industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Former H&Q Asia Pacific managing director Andrew Kuo has joined The Blackstone Group’s growing Hong Kong staff as a managing director for greater China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The private sector arm of the World Bank may join Blackstone and Citi in contributing to a $5 billion Indian infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
