Private Equity
A consortium led Macquarie Bank is vying with US private equity firm TPG-Newbridge to acquire the telecommunications and media assets of Hong Kong-listed PCCW in what could be a deal worth over $7 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firm Newbridge Capital has signed an agreement to invest as much as $200 million in a liquefied natural gas project in Xinjiang, a north-western province of China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firms may become the partners of choice for Taiwanese companies seeking a way of upping their exposure to China.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
London-listed investor 3i has generated £22m in proceeds on its 1994 investment in engineering company Tensar through a sale to Arcapita-owned US business Tensar Corporation.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Sing Wang, the former head of Hong Kong-based multimedia corporation TOM Group and the ‘founder’ of Goldman Sachs’ Asia private equity arm, will become a Texas Pacific Group partner to pursue growth and venture deals in North Asia.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
As part of a hiring spree aimed at expanding its Asian corporate finance business, Macquarie has appointed Stephen Pazzina, the former head of leveraged finance at Dutch bank ABN Amro in Hong Kong.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The London-listed private equity firm has announced its plans to launch new Beijing operations in the autumn, focused solely on growth capital investments.
2 min read · 02 January 2013
The US investment firm is sponsoring a Connecticut-based hedge fund focused on investing in key Asian markets.
2 min read · 02 January 2013
Aside from China and India, the private equity industries of other less-hyped emerging markets are also taking strides – though not yet leaps – forward in their development. At the same time, new funds of funds are emerging to facilitate investors’ access to these opportunities. Judy Kuan reports.
3 min read · 02 January 2013
Carlyle’s Asian growth capital group is investing $27.5 million in a Chinese wooden flooring manufacturer and distributor, not long after making two separate investments in China and India.
1 min read · 02 January 2013
