Private Equity
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As established private equity markets slow in the wake of the credit crunch, global firms are looking further afield and local emerging market managers know this is no flash in the pan, Nicholas Lockley writes.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns has created a private trading platform, which will bring the total number of such private US exchanges to four.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made three senior hires into its recently-formed Asia leveraged finance team. The division, which is based in Hong Kong, is headed by Eric Mason who joined the buyout group in May from JP Morgan.
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
Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has invested $28 million in a joint venture established with China-listed cement producer Sichuan Golden Summit.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
China is reportedly close to approving the launch of a Singapore-China private equity fund that aims at boosting investments at Suzhou Industrial Park.
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
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
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
