Consumer
Actis said nearing compromise with Nilgiri promoters
Emerging markets investor Actis Capital is reportedly nearing agreement with the promoter family behind Indian investee Nilgiri Dairy Farm, after legal and other disputes apparently brought...
South Asia |
11 Mar 2010 | 
Baring plans to relist Courts in Singapore
Baring Private Equity Asia investment vehicle Singapore Asia Retail, a home furniture and appliances operator wholly-owned by its Fund III and Kuwaiti JV partner Topaz Investment Worldwide Inc, is reportedly looking to raise up to S$170 million ($121.5...
Portfolio management |
11 Mar 2010 |
IL&FS invests The Mobile Store
IL&FS Investment Managers has reportedly taken a 10% stake in Indian handset retail chain The Mobile Store, owned by the Essar Group, for some $22 million.
South Asia |
10 Mar 2010 |
General Atlantic investee Zhongsheng resets IPO
General Atlantic China investee car dealer Zhongsheng Group has reportedly begun bookbuilding for its Hong Kong IPO, initially targeting to raise $800 million-$1 billion, after postponements that came close to cancellation, according to earlier repor...
Greater China |
09 Mar 2010 |
Fresh Coffee Day funding reports continue
Indian media are continuing to report that VG Siddhartha-backed holding group Coffee Day Holdings is about to receive funding of around $75 million, purportedly from Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd. (SCPEL), with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and...
South 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 |
PEP seeks 2H10 Hoyts IPO
Pacific Equity Partners reportedly may be seeking to list Australian cinema business Hoyts Group in the second half of 2010, with a potential value of up to A$1 billion ($900 million).
Australasia |
03 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 |
Ant Capital will sell Honma Golf to PRC group
Ant Capital Partners, the Japanese private equity firm, and Milestone Turnaround Management, a Japanese business consulting firm specializing in turnaround situations, will jointly sell their more than 50% stake in Honma Golf Co., a privately-held golf...
Exits |
25 Feb 2010 |
Hony invests China Golden for Xian department stores
PRC buyout firm Hony Capital is investing into HKSE-listed China Golden Development Holdings through a convertible bond issue, to support the company's buildout of its department store operations in Xian.
Greater China |
24 Feb 2010 |
Sequoia invests Stovekraft in India kitchen deal
Sequoia Capital India is leading a second round of investment into Stovekraft Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore-based kitchen appliances business, for up to $10.7 million for around a 25% stake.
South Asia |
12 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 |
TPG hires Kapur for India consumers
TPG Capital has announced the hire of Gunender Kapur, previously President and CEO of the foods division of Reliance Retail, as a senior advisor on the Indian retail and consumer space.
South Asia |
04 Feb 2010 |
CHAMP's Manassen Foods ready for IPO
Australian buyout firm CHAMP Private Equity is preparing to appoint advisors for a tentative initial public offering of Manassen Foods, a supplier of food brands including Jelly Belly Jelly Beans, Carr's Water Crackers and the Margaret River Dairy Co...
Exits |
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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Japan Private Equity: Riding a new wave of confidence?
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Date: April 21st-22nd 2010
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