Financing
Leveraged finance: New faces, slower processes
The withdrawal of Western banks from Australia's leveraged financing market has created opportunities for others. A general sense of caution means that, while debt is available, it won't...
Financing |
27 Feb 2013 | 
China e-commerce: End of the line
Burning through cash and with no public market exit in site, many of China’s e-commerce players are losing the confidence of their investors. New rounds of funding come at depressed valuations – if they come at all
Venture |
20 Feb 2013 |
PE firms hedge their bets
Numerous private equity and hedge funds are pursuing alliances with one another in Asia. Could a multi-strategy approach be the golden strategy for the region’s investment environment?
GPs |
22 Aug 2012 |
Leveraged lenders seek common ground
Australia’s banks have proposed a standard set of rules on who can do what in the event of a default. They say it will stimulate the mezzanine market but junior lenders claim the measures are too restrictive
Mezzanine |
29 Feb 2012 |
PE financing: Lagging leverage
Spooked by wider economic issues, European banks are pulling back from the leveraged buyout market. This presents a further challenge to private equity firms already adjusting to tighter financing conditions
Financing |
08 Feb 2012 |
Fund formation: Singapore asserts its onshore qualities
Until two months ago, Han Ming Ho, a Singapore-based partner at Clifford Chance specializing in fund formation, had never heard of buyout firms using his home city as a conduit for investments into Australia. “It had never been mentioned before and...
Southeast Asia |
06 Oct 2011 |
CITIC’s mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy
The news was brief yet had potentially far-reaching consequences: the private equity arm of Chinese financial behemoth CITIC Group would launch a RMB5 billion ($777 million) renminbi-denominated mezzanine fund.
Regulation |
10 Aug 2011 |
Korean financial plays are not for foreigners
The Woori and Mirae Asset Life Insurance deals are cause for hope, but foreign PE may still find life difficult
North Asia |
06 Jul 2011 |
Australia: Ripe for mezz
Australia is not what the global mezzanine debt industry might consider a stand-out market. Traditionally, equity and senior debt have always reigned supreme, and convertible bonds have been considered quite a sexy debt instrument.
Australasia |
03 Mar 2010 |
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AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - Europe 2013
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