North America
Oz Future Fund, two others invest $576 million in new UK capital lender
Australian sovereign wealth fund the Future Fund, as well as Lord Rothschild and UK buyout leader Apax Partner’s founder Sir Ronald Cohen have together invested EUR450 million ($576 million)...
Expansion |
07 Sep 2010 | 
3G Capital gets Burger King
A US private equity firm, 3G Capital Management, has agreed to a $3.3 billion buyout of Burger King, with a $4 billion price tag including assumption of debt that will make it the largest LBO of a fast food chain in the world, with the buyer's big plans...
Buyouts |
06 Sep 2010 |
GSC Group files for Chapter 11
Asset management firm GSC Group Inc. has filed for bankruptcy.
North America |
03 Sep 2010 |
Fed allows CIC to be second-largest foreign investor in Morgan Stanley
China Investment Corporation (CIC) has reportedly received the green light from the US Federal Reserve to take up to a 10% voting stake in Morgan Stanley, which would make the SWF the second-largest investor in the financial giant after Bank of Tokyo...
Expansion |
02 Sep 2010 |
South Korea's NPS eyes US-based Colonial Pipeline
Korean SWF National Pension Service has emerged as a possible player to take a 23% stake in US pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline Company.
Infrastructure |
02 Sep 2010 |
Hopu may bid for Potash
Hopu Investment Management may be contemplating participation in a bid for Canada's Potash Corp, currently opposing a $39 billion hostile takeover bid from BHP Billiton, according to reports.
Industrials |
24 Aug 2010 |
China's Huaneng Group, Ontario Teachers eye GMR's US investee
US-based power utility InterGen NV., 50:50 owned by India’s GMR Infrastructure Ltd and Canadian LP Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is in talks to divest half of the company to suitors, including China’s largest energy company China Huaneng Group...
Buyouts |
19 Aug 2010 |
VC-backed REVA lists in Oz
Venture capital-backed REVA Medical, a San Diego-based innovative medical device company, has raised $63 million from its initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Australasia |
17 Aug 2010 |
AMP launches infrastructure-focused operations in New York
Following news earlier this month that Australian-based AMP Capital Investors would expand its investment focus to include infrastructure, with the launch of a global fund, the group announced that it will bolster its overseas operations through the launch...
Infrastructure |
16 Aug 2010 |
MakeMyTrip IPO sees strong result for VCs
VC-invested Indian travel company MakeMyTrip saw a 92% share hike on its first trading day on the NYSE, with stocks rising up to $26.81 from the $14 offer price in the best US IPO debut performance since late 2007.
Technology |
13 Aug 2010 |
Apax, General Atlantic to support SouFun float
European private equity major Apax Partners and US large-scale VC leader General Atlantic are to jointly underwrite the NYSE IPO of leading PRC real estate portal SouFun Holdings, 51% invested by Australian telecom incumbent Telstra Corp.
Technology |
13 Aug 2010 |
Intel, JPM investee Trony pulls IPO
Trony Solar Holdings, a Shenzhen-headquartered thin-film solar power module manufacturer invested by Intel Capital and JPMorgan Special Situations, has withdrawn its planned NYSE IPO.
Cleantech |
09 Aug 2010 |
CIC targets US realty assets, Indonesian resources
China Investment Corporation (CIC), China's $300 billion sovereign-wealth fund, is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire half a dozen US-focused real estate fund holdings from Harvard University's endowment, in a deal estimated at about $500 million....
Portfolio management |
05 Aug 2010 |
Qiming invests $10 million in two life science companies
Qiming Venture Partners, the PRC-focused early and growth stage VC company, has invested a total of $10 million in two life science research service companies, Sangon Biotech in Shanghai and Bio Basic Inc. (BBI) in Toronto.
Early stage |
04 Aug 2010 |
WuXi Pharma sees no exit via Charles River
VC-invested PRC pharmaceutical major WuXi PharmaTech saw its $1.6 billion sale to US peer Charles River Laboratories fail over opposition from major shareholders in Massachusetts-based Charles River, including Neuberger Berman and hedge fund Jana Partners....
Healthcare |
04 Aug 2010 |
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