Lone Star Funds
Lone Star ordered to sell down KEB stake within six months
Lone Star has been ordered to sell down the majority of its 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), South Korea’s sixth-largest bank by assets, to 10% or less within six months. This has reportedly prompted US-based Lone Star to seek out buyers as its...
Lone Star sells distressed Japanese golf course asset PGM
Lone Star will divest its 64% stake in distressed Japanese golf course operator PGM Holdings to pachinko pinball machine maker Heiwa Corp. for JPY39.5 billion ($521 million).
Lone Star may be told to sell down KEB stake next month - report
South Korean regulators may order Lone Star to sell down its 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to less than 10% next month. The move comes after the US private equity fund was found guilty of manipulating KEB’s stock price ahead of purchasing the...
Hana denies asking Lone Start to cut KEB sale price
Hana Financial Group has denied reports that it had asked Lone Star to cut the $4.16 billion acquisition price for Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) by one fifth. It was claimed that the US private equity firm responded by threatening to walk away from the deal...
Lone Star has six months to reduce KEB stake
Lone Star may have no more than six months to reduce its stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to 10% or lower after Korea’s Financial Services Commission said Monday that it had begun the process of ordering a divestment. The move comes in response to...
Lone Star decides against Korean court appeal - report
Lone Star has reportedly decided against appealing a Korean court’s ruling that it should pay KRW25 billion ($21 million) for manipulating the stock prices of the Korea Exchange Bank in 2003.
Lone Star Korea's former head Paul Yoo files court appeal
Paul Yoo, former head of Lone Star in Korea, has appealed to Korea’s Supreme Court over his conviction for manipulating the stock price of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in 2003, Dow Jones reported.
Lone Star found guilty of manipulating KEB's stocks
A Seoul court has found US buyout fund Lone Star guilty of manipulating the stock prices of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in 2003, and has ordered the fund to pay KRW25 billion ($21 million) in damages.
Private equity and the state
The state, particularly in Asian countries, has always played a big role in the private equity industry. While almost all growing regional economies have helped nurture PE through sovereign wealth funds – fueled by foreign exchange and other cash reserves...
Regulators to address Hana's KEB offer after Lone Star court ruling
South Korean regulators will review whether Hana Financial may purchase Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from Lone Star following a court ruling addressing allegations that the embattled US buyout manipulated KEB’s stock price in 2003 to gain a higher valuation...
Regulators to rule on Lone Star's KEB case next month
South Korean regulators are slated to make a final ruling on October 6 regarding allegations that US buyout firm Lone Star manipulated Korea Exchange Bank’s (KEB) stock price in 2003 to gain a higher valuation for its exit.
ANZ no longer in talks to buy Cerberus’ Aozora stake
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has ended discussions over a potential investment in Aozora Bank. Talks with Cerberus Capital concerning its 50% stake in the Japanese lender floundered at an early stage because the two sides could not agree...
PE firms struggle to secure Woori stake
With the auction of the government’s stake in Woori Financial Group stalled again, questions are being asked about the compatibility of banks and private equity in Korea
ANZ in talks to buy Cerberus’ Aozora Bank stake – report
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has begun negotiations to buy Cerberus Capital’s 50% stake in Aozora Bank, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation. ANZ is said to be attracted by the Japanese lender’s strong...
Nomura appointed to oversee sale of Tokyo Star Bank
Lone Star Funds and its fellow creditors have hired Nomura to sell off Tokyo Star Bank, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Lone Star sold the asset to Advantage Partners (AP) less than four years ago but resumed...
ANZ linked to potential acquisitions of Tokyo Star Bank, Aozora Bank
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is reportedly looking to acquire Lone Star-controlled Tokyo Star Bank or Cerberus-owned Aozora Bank.
Japanese property plays
There are plenty of obstacles for foreigners targeting distressed Japanese real estate, but deal flow is slowly emerging
Lone Star exits Meguro Gajyoen ahead of loan maturation
US private equity firm Lone Star is planning to sell its Japanese real estate portfolio company Meguro Gajoen for as much as JPY100 billion ( $1.3 billion), according to Reuters.
KEXIM to sell KEB stake as part of Lone Star transaction
Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) will sell a 6.25% stake in Korea Exchange Bank to Hana Financial Group as a “tag along” to Hana’s purchase of Lone Star’s holding in the bank, according to Yonhap, a South Korean news agency. The tag along right...
Former Lone Star head in Korea taken into custody
Paul Yoo, the former head of Lone Star in South Korea, has been detained after a Korean judge labeled him a flight risk amid allegations that he, Lone Star and the Korean Exchange Bank (KEB) manipulated KEB's stock prices.
Lone Star to begins Tokyo Star divestment process - report
US-based buyout fund Lone Star has begun preparations to divest its 30% stake in Japanese lender Tokyo Star Bank, Reuters reported, adding that Lone Star has asked investment banks to submit proposals to advise on the potential sale.
Lone Star exits Tokyo retail property to Hulic
Lone Star's sale of YODOBASHI MULTI Media Kichijoji, a commercial complex building in a west Tokyo suburb, to real estate investment firm Hulic is no ordinary transaction. Hulic is paying an estimated JPY30 billion ($381 million) for the asset but is...
Lone Star sells suburban Tokyo real estate asset for $381m
US buyout firm Lone Star has sold Yodobashi Multi Media Kichijoji, a commercial building in a west Tokyo suburb, to real estate investment firm Hulic for an estimated JPY30 billion($381 million).
Lone Star, Hana agree on cut-price deal for KEB
Lone Star will sell its stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to Hana Financial Group for just over KRW4.4 trillion ($4.16 billion), after both sides agreed to cut the price tag by KRW283 billion ($266 million). The price for the 51% stake in KEB has been...