Lone Star Funds
Lone Star, Hana extend KEB talks to December
Lone Star will have to wait until December to sell its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank to South Korean financial conglomerate Hana Financial for $4.3 billion.
North American property funds dominate 2Q fundraising
North America property funds accounted for most of the $11.2 billion raised by private equity funds with a final close in the second quarter of 2011, according to research firm Preqin. Total commitments were up on the $8.9 billion raised in the first...
Lone Star challenges stock manipulation charges in Korean court
Lone Star will file a petition to void stock manipulation charges leveled against it and Paul Yoo, the head of its South Korea unit, Reuters reported. The move is likely to prolong the private equity firm’s sale of a 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank...
KEB sale delayed again
Lone Star’s protracted effort to offload its 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to Hana Financial Group has been delayed once gain, this time by six months, amid lingering regulatory questions.
Tokyo Star goes back to Lone Star
LONE STAR FUNDS IS ONCE AGAIN TAKING ownership of Tokyo Star Bank, less than four years after selling the struggling commercial lender to private equity firm Advantage Partners (AP). Having failed to repay its debts, AP has reportedly agreed to give away...
Lone Star to takeover Tokyo Star Bank from Advantage Partners
Lone Star, the US private equity firm specializing in the distressed investments, will reportedly take ownership of Tokyo Star bank from Tokyo-based private equity firm Advantage Partners (AP) and once again become the bank’s largest shareholder, owning...
Lone Star exits realty portfolio to Mitsubishi Estate
US private equity firm Lone Star has exited an office building and other properties in the Akasaka area in Tokyo to Mitsubishi Estate Co, one of the leading real estate companies in Japan owned by conglomerate Mitsubishi Group. The deal is worth around...
Carlyle, MBK not among Hana's backers in KEB bid
The Carlyle Group, MBK Partners and Goldman Sachs have not provided financial backing to South Korean commercial lender Hana Financial in its bid to acquire Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from US buyout group Lone Star.
Lone Star may face another tax issue
Lone Star may face yet another tax issue, currently blocking its exit plan for its majority stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB).
Advantage Partner may take on restructuring money for Tokyo Star
Advantage Partners, the Tokyo-based buyout firm, is reportedly considering giving up three of its five board seats of its 100%-owned investee - and troubled lender - Tokyo Star Bank to creditors.
MBK may partner with Hana for KEB
MBK Partners, the Korean buyout firm, has reportedly proposed investing KRW1 trillion ($891.6 million) to help Hana Financial Group to buy a controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), according to the Korean Times.
MBK offers Hana $1.7b helping hand
Seoul-based buyout firm MBK Partners has proposed to finance up to two trillion won ($1.7 billion) of Hana Financial Group's takeover of Korea Exchange Bank. Hana Finance have earlier approved a plan to sell up to 1.5 trillion won in local currency bonds.
KEB late entry bidder: Hana
Lone Star Funds' long-drawn-out exit from Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) appears to be finally drawing to a close with the late submission by Hana Financial Group of its bid in the auction of the full 57.27% stake held by Lone Star Funds and the Export Import...
ANZ, Hana squareoff over KEB confirmed
Sources close to the process confirmed to AVCJ that Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is still engaged in due diligence for the full 57.27% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) held by Lone Star Funds and the Export Import Bank of Korea, and...
ANZ and Lone Star ending diligence, start pricing talks on KEB: reports
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, the leading remaining contender for Lone Star Funds' controlling state in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) has predominantly completed its due diligence on the asset and begun discussions on pricing with Lone Star, targeting...
Destressed investors eye Takefuji Co.
Cerberus Capital Management, Lone Star, Fortress Group, JC Flowers & Co and lender Elliott Management are reportedly set to submit acquisition bids for Takefuji Co., the Japanese independent consumer lender which this year filed for bankruptcy protection...
Returns, the second time around
The Asian secondary buyouts market is finding its feet, and investors their appetite, but true potential for value-add is still case specific
Korea Exchange Bank union held secret meeting with ANZ over Lone Star exit
The employees' union of Lone Star investee Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) held a closed and secret meeting with executives of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) last month, smoothing the way for a bid by the Australian lender for Lone Star's controlling...
Advantage grapples with Tokyo Star Bank leverage
Leading Tokyo-based buyout firm Advantage Partners has reportedly been looking for investors for its fully-owned investee, Tokyo Star Bank, a regional bank also based in Japan’s capital.
Lone Star may invite MBK into KEB
Lone Star Funds may be in discussion with MBK Partners to sell a 25% stake in its investee Korea Exchange Bank, as Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) continues due diligence on Lone Star's 51.02% stake in the business, according to reports.
ANZ continues due diligence on Lone Star's KEB
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is continuing its due diligence on Korea Exchange Bank, where Lone Star Funds holds a 51.02% stake, after commencing the diligence process in August, according to comments by ANZ CEO Mike Smith.
ANZ/KEB due diligence ongoing
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is continuing its due diligence for the potential purchase of a 57.27% stake in Lone Star Funds investee Korea Exchange Bank.
ANZ report suggests KEB sale still on
Despite earlier unconfirmed reports that Lone Star Funds was canceling its sale of its 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank, fresh indications have emerged that the sale is still on, with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) reiterating its interest...
Lone Star scrubs KEB sale - or not?
Reports from Korea - sometimes unreliable in business news reporting - have indicated that Lone Star Funds has canceled the sale of its 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), due to lack of buyer interest.