Private Equity

East Asia

Carlyle exits China Pacific Insurance

Carlyle has fully exited Hong Kong-listed China Pacific Insurance for a return estimated to be close to 6x, according to reports.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

KKR ups China investment by $40m

KKR has made a follow-on investment in a water treatment provider in China.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Blackstone plucks Singapore chairman from PwC

Blackstone Singapore has hired the former chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers to become chairman of Blackstone Singapore.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Korea deals a bright spot in Asia

Deal volume and value dropped year-on-year across the region in 2012, according to data from Mergermarket, with one exception: Korea.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Study: Secondary buyouts may soar in China

As other exit avenues dry up in China, 'pass the parcel' deals could be the only option for 7,500 unexited portfolio companies, according to China First Capital.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

China Resources Land ties up with Blackstone

Hong Kong-listed developer China Resources Land has partnered Blackstone to develop a 6.45 million-square-foot mass housing development near Shanghai that could cost $1.8bn.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

RMB surpasses USD fundraising in China

China fundraising figures show more capital was raised by private equity firms in RMB than USD during 2012, in contrast to the preceding year.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Study: LP interest in Asia waned in 2012

LP interest in Asia has dropped slightly year-on-year, particularly in previously popular countries like China and India, according to a recent Probitas survey.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Templeton exits Fund II at 2.1x net return

The global asset manager has divested all investments from its second emerging markets vehicle, though it had to contend with a difficult exit market.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Report: Chinese PE firms on the rise

A ranking of private equity firms active in China shows seven of the top ten firms to be domestic – a sharp change from 2007, when only one of the top ten was a domestic firm.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

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