Private Equity
Merrill Lynch, the global investment bank, has recruited Terutomo Mitsumasu to head up a new buyout operation in Japan.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
As the Asian economy recovers and competition for distressed opportunities grows, players are rethinking their investment strategies in the region. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Investors in China have greeted the newly effective Circular 75 with relief but continue to exhibit wariness about the regulation’s practical impact on the registration of offshore investments by PRC residents.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The former Amadeus Capital partner has signed on with the general partners of IDG Ventures’ $100m European fund.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Singapore-based CapitaLand’s interest in China’s real estate sector has evolved but remains unabated, as evidenced by the firm’s recent fundraising.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The former head of Carlyle Group’s Asian business has poached five Carlyle executives to set up his own $1.5bn buyout fund for the region.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
China Gas, the Hong Kong-listed piped gas distributor, has pulled in financing from foreign investment groups to develop natural gas projects in China.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Michael Kim, the former co-head of Asian buyouts at The Carlyle Group who quit the Washington DC-based firm earlier this year, has launched new private equity firm MBK Partners.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The US buyout outfit has completed what is believed to be the first acquisition of a controlling interest in a former Chinese state-owned enterprise by a private equity firm.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Mid-market investor HgCapital has agreed to sell FTE Automotive, a clutch-making business, to PAI Partners for €370 million, generating a profit of €145 million.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
