North Asia
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 | 
Pacific Alliance appoints new MD for realty unit
Pacific Alliance Group, the Asian alternative asset investment manager, has appointed Wei Song, who previously worked with Equity International, a privately-held real estate investment company in the US, as MD of Pacific Alliance Real Estate.
People |
09 Mar 2010 |
Steel Partners seeks new board directors for Sapporo
Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund, the US investment fund which holds about 18% of leading Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings, has sent letters to other shareholders, seeking their support for Steel’s plan to appoint new board directors ahead of Sapporo's...
Portfolio management |
09 Mar 2010 |
Carlyle's Willcom on notice for further government support
Willcom, the Japanese PHS - personal handy-phone service - provider controlled by Carlyle Asia, will be assessed by the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC) to see if the government organization will support the mobile company’s...
Portfolio management |
09 Mar 2010 |
Olympus Asia's Shen back to Hong Kong
Private equity firm Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has promoted David Shen, a managing director previously based in Tokyo, to be head of its Asia operation.
People |
09 Mar 2010 |
Sumitomo Mitsui launches turnaround fund
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will launch a JPY 30 billion ($332 million) corporate turnaround fund to help the bank’s SMEs clients to turn around struggling businesses.
Fundraising |
08 Mar 2010 |
Denham sells Trinity Coal to India's Essar
US private equity firm Denham Capital has agreed the sale of its US mining asset Trinity Coal to Indian industrial conglomerate Essar Group for $600 million.
North America |
08 Mar 2010 |
Shinsei and Aozora may resume merger talks
Private equity investees Shinsei Bank and Aozora Bank’s merger plan, previously reported cancelled, now apparently will come up for negotiation again, according to Japanese media reports.
Portfolio management |
05 Mar 2010 |
KIC to invest $100 million in IFC fund
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, will inject $100 million into a private equity fund managed by IFC Asset Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private...
North Asia |
05 Mar 2010 |
Harbor Pacific makes maiden first close
Harbor Pacific Capital, a Silicon Valley-based VC firm focused on tech companies in the US and Asia, has raised $32.8 million for the first close of its maiden fund, Harbor Pacific Capital Partners I, LP.
Fundraising |
05 Mar 2010 |
Advantage, SoftBank plan $112.6 million investment in Willcom
Advantage Partners, the Tokyo-based private equity firm, and Japanese mobile phone carrier SoftBank will reportedly provide JPY5 billion ($56.3 million) each to Willcom, the struggling PHS (personal handy phone) business, which filed for bankruptcy with...
Restructuring |
04 Mar 2010 |
Unison Capital to acquire MK for real estate
Unison Capital, the Japanese buyout firm, will acquire a 61.3% stake in MK Capital Management, a listed real estate-related finance and asset management company, through a private placement of new shares due on April 5th this year.
North Asia |
03 Mar 2010 |
Religare-backed Northgate said readying fifth fund
US private equity fund-of-funds firm Northgate Capital, recently invested by Indian financial services group Religare Enterprises, is reportedly readying its fifth investment vehicle, Northgate Capital V LP.
Fund-of-funds |
02 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 |
Bain may sell Outback Steakhouse in Korea, elsewhere
Bain Capital is reportedly in talks to sell the successful Asia Pacific operations of its investee company, Australian-themed restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse, with the sale of the Korean assets most advanced.
Consumer |
26 Feb 2010 |
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