Mezzanine
Singapore Medical to receive $4.5m from Kendall Court
Singapore Medical Group (SMG) will receive a SGD$5.6 million ($4.5 million) investment from Kendall Court, representing the private equity’s first foray into the healthcare sector.
Southeast Asia |
01 Feb 2012 | 
CDC focuses on direct investments, debt in India
CDC Group, the UK development finance institution, is changing its strategy in India to focus on direct investments, co-investments and debt, as well as making commitments to private equity fund managers. It will also make investments in early-stage funds....
South Asia |
04 Oct 2011 |
Partners Group in mezzanine deal with Archer Capital’s QSRH
Partners Group has provided a mezzanine loan to Australian Quick Service Restaurant Holdings (QSRH), the fast food chain that Archer Capital bought from Quadrant Private Equity for A$450 million ($474 million) in June.
Australasia |
04 Oct 2011 |
Citic Private Equity targets $1.9b RMB fund
Citic Private Equity Funds Management, the PE unit of Citic Securities, has launched its third private equity fund and is aiming to raise RMB12 billion ($1.9 billion). It is expected to target industries including financial services, retail, pharmaceuticals,...
Greater China |
28 Sep 2011 |
India’s alternative lenders
India needs alternative funding channels. A characteristic of most financial sectors in emerging nations is limited product range, which means capital often fails to reach those enterprises with the potential to deliver the best returns. A truck company,...
South Asia | 21 Sep 2011
KKR closes $1b global mezzanine fund
KKR Asset Management (KAM) has made a final close on its more than $1 billion KKR Mezzanine Partners I fund, raised through global investors including insurers, pension plans, family offices and sovereign wealth funds.
Fundraising |
19 Sep 2011 |
CITIC’s mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy
The news was brief yet had potentially far-reaching consequences: the private equity arm of Chinese financial behemoth CITIC Group would launch a RMB5 billion ($777 million) renminbi-denominated mezzanine fund.
Regulation |
10 Aug 2011 |
Orchid closes fifth China fund at $650m
Orchid Asia has reached a final close on its fifth China private equity fund, imposing a hard cap of $650 million despite subscriptions amounting to 35% over the target size.
Greater China |
12 Jul 2011 |
Eight Capital to launch $250m mezzanine fund in India
US-based global asset manager Eight Capital is set to launch its India-focused Mezzanine Income Fund, setting a $250 million target size that is expected to generate IRR of 20%.
Mezzanine |
08 Apr 2011 |
The sector specialists
Middle market deals have been a sweet spot in for PE firms in Asia, but competition in is also intense in the U.S. Sector-specific knowledge could be the key to success, as AVCJ finds out from Tony de Nicola, Co-President of Welsh, Carson, Anderson &...
GPs | 23 Feb 2011
OCBC debuts Shindoo Chemical on Shenzhen Exchange
Shindoo Chemical, a Chinese manufacturer and distributer of compound fertilizer and chemical products in China which was backed by the mezzanine arm of OCBC Bank, has debuted on at Shenzhen Stock Exchange, raising RMB 1.48 billion ($224.6 million). The...
Exits |
15 Feb 2011 |
Morgan Stanley closes mezz fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has closed its first corporate mezzanine fund, Morgan Stanley Credit Partners, at $956 million after two years of fundraising.
Mezzanine |
14 Jan 2011 |
Partners Group provides mezz financing for PEP's Collins Foods
Partners Group has provided mezzanine debt financing for Collins Foods Group, the largest Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchisee in Australia and invested by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), for an undisclosed amount.
Portfolio management |
04 Nov 2010 |
Mezzanine Q&A: Joseph W. Ferrigno III
The Managing Partner at AMCG Investors talks about mezzanine after the crisis, new opportunities for deal flow, and why LPs should be looking to the asset class as a means of diversification.
People | 03 Nov 2010
Gary Stead of Shearwater Capital
Mezzanine’s role in Australia’s financing sector has grown in light of the economic crisis because, not only has it acted as an alternative to taking on senior debt – as banks became more stringent in their lending – but also to equity itself,...
Mezzanine |
08 Sep 2010 | 
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