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Portman Holdings opens Hong Kong office
Portman Holdings, an international real estate company, has announced the opening of its Hong Kong office, with the hire of Stanley Chin as a managing director for Greater China.
People |
03 Feb 2012 | 
Jones Lang LaSalle announces new Japan head
Jones Lang LaSalle has announced that Yoichiro Hamaoka will be stepping down from his role looking after Japanese business at the firm, while ex-Goldman Sachs exec Toshinobu Kasai will succeed him.
People |
03 Feb 2012 |
WestSummit Capital adds two partners
WestSummit Capital, a Chinese technology-focused growth capital firm, has added David Lam as managing director and promoted Elise Huang to partner, taking the firm’s number of partners to six.
People |
02 Feb 2012 |
Saban Capital opens in Hong Kong
Saban Capital Group (Asia), a regional unit of the Los Angeles-based private equity firm controlled by billionaire Haim Saban, has opened a new office in Hong Kong.
Greater China |
02 Feb 2012 |
Warburg Pincus promotes three Asia professionals to MD level
Warburg Pincus has named three new managing directors in Asia, including Zhiming Yue and Joe Gagnon in Hong Kong, as well as Nitin Nayar in Mumbai. It is part of a wave of promotions globally, which has seen nine senior professionals elevated to managing...
South Asia |
31 Jan 2012 |
VIDEO: HarbourVest Partners' Scott Voss
With global private equity investors principally focused on China, Scott Voss, managing director of HarbourVest Parners, argues that now is the time for long-term players to target undervalued assets in Japan.
North Asia |
26 Jan 2012 | 
Carlyle promotes three Asia professionals to MD level
The Carlyle Group has named 13 new managing directors, including Hiroyuki Otsuka in Tokyo, Matthew Hunter in Sydney and Wayne Bannon in Hong Kong, as part of a raft of promotions that saw 41 professionals elevated to senior positions.
People |
26 Jan 2012 |
CLSA Capital Partners promotes Gary Ng to MD
CLSA Capital Partners has promoted Gary Ng to the position of managing director. He will remain in the firm’s Singapore office overseeing the India and Southeast Asia markets for ARIA Investment Partners.
Southeast Asia |
19 Jan 2012 |
Carlyle founders share $400m in 2011 earnings
The Carlyle Group’s three founders together earned more than $400 million in 2011 after the private equity firm returned a record $15 billion to LPs in the first nine months of the year.
Performance |
12 Jan 2012 |
Kelvin Chan leaves Partners Group’s Asia PE team
Kelvin Chan has stepped down as a managing director with Partners Group’s Asia Pacific private equity team. The global private markets player, which makes primary, secondary and direct investments, has appointed Kelvin Yu in his place.
Fund-of-funds |
12 Jan 2012 |
Grant Thornton India hires Munesh Khanna as senior partner
Accounting firm Grant Thornton India has hired Munesh Khanna as its new senior partner for M&A and private equity in the country.
People |
11 Jan 2012 |
Profile: Longreach Group's Mark Chiba
A student activist turned career investment banker, Mark Chiba set up Longreach Group as a Japan-focused buyout firm with old-fashioned values.
North Asia |
11 Jan 2012 |
Bessemer appoints new India VP
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has promoted Mumbai-based Abhijeet Muzumdar to vice president.
People |
10 Jan 2012 |
NewQuest hires Lung-Chi Lee as general counsel
NewQuest Capital Partners, the Hong Kong-based PE firm spun out from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) last year, has hired Lung-Chi Lee as general counsel.
People |
06 Jan 2012 |
Yamada replaces Hirano as co-head of Carlyle Japan
Kazuhiro Yamada has been named co-head of The Carlyle Group’s Japanese operations, replacing Masao Hirano who is leaving the private equity firm. Yamada began his duties on January 1, working in collaboration with current co-head Tamotsu Adachi.
North Asia |
03 Jan 2012 |
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