Buyouts
Lone Star KEB stake sale resumes
Lone Star Funds' sometimes controversial investee Korea Exchange Bank has stated that the investor's long-delayed trade sale exit from its 51% stake is about to resume.
North Asia |
10 Mar 2010 | 
Taiwan regulator confirms Nan Shan sale terms
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has confirmed its five conditions for allowing the prospective buyers of Nan Shan Life Insurance, including Primus Financial Holdings, to acquire the local insurance major from American International Group.
Financials |
10 Mar 2010 |
Mystery buyer for Morgan Stanley CICC stake
China International Capital Corp. (CICC) chairman Li Jiange said publicly that his bank's longterm investor Morgan Stanley had finally fixed a buyer for its 34.3% CICC stake - but he declined to say who.
Greater China |
04 Mar 2010 |
Buyouts still viable in Asia Pacific: ANZ Forum
GPs, LP and other market players at the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum \ ANZ 2010 confirmed that they feel buyouts are still viable deals in Asia Pacific, as long as targets are exceptionally strong.
Australasia |
04 Mar 2010 |
Tokio Marine takes over Bushu Pharmaceuticals
Tokio Marine Capital, the Japanese private equity arm of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. will acquire 100% of Bushu Pharmaceuticals, a provider of drug manufacturing services, from listed company Shionogi Pharmaceuticals.
North Asia |
01 Mar 2010 |
AIG Nan Shan deal still in the dark
Taiwan’s foreign investment regulator reportedly is still facing discussions in parliament over the now-controversial $2.2 billion sale by American Insurance Group (AIG) of its local Nan Shan Insurance subsidiary to China Strategic and Primus Finan...
Greater China |
24 Feb 2010 |
Australasia bounces back for buyouts
Post the financial crisis, Australia – and New Zealand – appears to be holding up well not just in macro terms, but also as one of the few havens left in the world for the kind of big private equity buyout almost as extinct as the Tasmanian tiger...
Australasia |
24 Feb 2010 |
Morgan Stanley on track for KKR/TPG CICC exit
US private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and TPG Capital have emerged as the final bidders in the auction to take the 34.3% stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC), the nation’s largest investment bank, from Morgan Stanley...
Greater China |
23 Feb 2010 |
Stokes Seven deal bets against media
Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes has merged publicly-listed media group Seven Network, which he co-owns with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., with his unlisted heavy machinery and mining business WesTrac, in an A$1 billion ($900 million) all-share d...
Australasia |
22 Feb 2010 |
Kirin sells two subsidiaries to Dutch fund H2
H2 Equity Partners, a Netherlands-headquartered private equity firm, will buy two subsidiaries of Kirin Holdings, the Japanese beverages giant.
Europe |
19 Feb 2010 |
SBI Holdings takes majority stake in Searchina
SBI Holdings Inc, the Japanese financial group involved in private equity and VC investment, has acquired a 75.7% stake in Searchina Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based provider of Chinese financial markets-related information services, for an undisclosed sum.
Buyouts |
17 Feb 2010 |
GS Retail goes to Lotte, not private equity
South Korean discount and department store group GS Retail is reportedly being acquired by Lotte Group for some $1.2 billion – not by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. or the other private equity group reportedly involved in bidding for the asset.
North Asia |
09 Feb 2010 |
Oz media rebates may help PE investees
Rebates announced by the Australian government for the next two years on the license fees that commercial free-to-air broadcasters pay to the state may prove a lifeline to hard-pressed private equity investors in the sector. Australia’s channels Seven,...
Media |
09 Feb 2010 |
Bain, KKR, TPG may get CICC from MS
Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG Capital are reportedly on the shortlist for the final round of bidding for Morgan Stanley’s $1 billion+ stake in PRC investment bank China International Capital Corp. (CICC).
Greater China |
03 Feb 2010 |
Private equity leaders eye GS Retail in Korea
US buyout leader Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., South Korea-originated MBK Partners and Hong Kong's Affinity Equity Partners have all emerged as potential bidders for GS Retail,a retail business affiliate of South Korean conglomerate GS Group.
North Asia |
03 Feb 2010 |
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AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - Japan 2010
Japan Private Equity: Riding a new wave of confidence?
The eleventh annual installment of the series will examine what's really changing in Japan's approach to business, investment, and the rest of the world...
Date: April 21st-22nd 2010
Venue: ANA InterContinental, Tokyo
AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - China 2010
Chinese and foreign PE: on the dance floor or on a seesaw?
The Forum in Beijing will discuss how PEs and VCs in China will develop, and how LPs, GPs, corporations, entrepreneurs and service providers in this ecosystem should strategise proactively (or at least react tactfully!)...
Date: May 27th-28th 2010
Venue: Park Hyatt, Beijing
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