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Temasek-owned Azalea targets $600m from PE-backed bonds

Temasek Holdings-owned Azalea Asset Management is once again offering Singapore retail investors the opportunity to participate in private equity with plans to raise around $600 million through the sale of bonds backed by LP interests in funds.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 May 2019
Sequoia, MassMutual lead Series B for Singapore's Biofourmis

Sequoia Capital India and MassMutual Ventures have led a $35 million Series B round of funding for Singapore-based Biofourmis, operator of a health analytics platform that tracks how patients are responding to treatment.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 May 2019
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Governance standards: A matter of integrity

Traditionally the overlooked, underappreciated or misrepresented facet of ESG, governance is gaining prominence in emerging markets private equity as investors reassess risk exposure

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 May 2019
CPPIB increases co-investments, fund check sizes in Asia

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) closed a record nine direct private equity deals in Asia during the 2019 financial year, while writing down one of its largest existing co-investments in the region.

  • LPs
  • 21 May 2019
Vietnam PE: Proving ground

Global investors are demonstrating a more consistent sense of confidence in Vietnam as record levels of IPO and private equity activity suggest the country has largely dispelled a reputation for volatility

  • Southeast Asia
  • 17 May 2019
Impact investment faces tricky path to standardization

Impact investing has reached a “fundamental inflection point” in terms of the availability of investment opportunities and interest from LPs, but the institutionalization process is not straightforward.

  • GPs
  • 17 May 2019
Vietnam inbound investment: Regional rivals

Strategic interest in Vietnam is growing, especially among companies within Asia looking to tap growth no longer available at home. PE investors see them as partners – and sometimes as competitors

  • Southeast Asia
  • 16 May 2019
Carlyle's Rubenstein champions emerging markets

The bloom has faded from the rose in emerging markets in recent years, which means it is an opportune time to invest in these geographies, according to David Rubenstein (pictured), co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group.

  • GPs
  • 16 May 2019
L Catterton's Asia team to spin-out, raise growth fund

The bulk of the L Capital Asia team that merged with Catterton in 2016 to form L Catterton, a global consumer-focused private equity firm, is spinning out to raise a $750 million Asia growth fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 16 May 2019
Q&A: MassMutual Ventures' Ryan Collins

Ryan Collins, a managing director with MassMutual Ventures, discusses being a financial rather than a strategic investor, the rise of VC in Southeast Asia, and giving entrepreneurs straight answers

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 May 2019
Asia's middle market: Lost in space

Growing fund sizes in certain Asian markets are redefining what constitutes a middle-market GP. Are these managers evolving alongside the opportunity set or careering dangerously outside of their sweet spot?

  • Fundraising
  • 14 May 2019
VIG hits $530m first close on fourth Korean fund

VIG Partners has reached a first close of $530 million on its fourth Korea-focused fund, with international investors accounting for more than 60% of commitments received so far.

  • North Asia
  • 13 May 2019
AVCJ daily bulletin returns May 14

AVCJ's daily bulletin will not be published on May 13 due to a public holiday in Hong Kong.

  • Performance
  • 10 May 2019
Chinese online education player Baijiahulian files for US IPO

Baijiahulian, a Chinese online education platform that provides after-school tutoring services for primary and secondary school students, has filed for a US IPO. The company’s backers include Gaorong Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 10 May 2019
Singapore’s GIC gets $33b from MAS for long-term investment

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plans to transfer S$45 billion ($33 billion) of the country’s foreign exchange reserves to GIC Private for deployment in longer-term investments.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 09 May 2019
TA closes global growth fund at $8.5b hard cap

Global growth equity investor TA Associates has reached a first and final close on its latest fund – TA XIII – at the hard cap of $8.5 billion.

  • Fundraising
  • 08 May 2019
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Kyobo Life: The mother of all puts

Put options amount to threats seldom acted upon. By demanding that the chairman of Korea’s third-largest life insurer buy back their shares, a group of investors has taken Asian PE into uncharted territory

  • North Asia
  • 08 May 2019
Q&A: Xpeng's Brian Gu

Brian Gu, vice chairman and president of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng, explains how the private equity-backed company is trying to stand out in a competitive and fast-changing market

  • Greater China
  • 08 May 2019
Proventeus targets $150m for Southeast Asia fund

Proventeus Capital, a private equity firm established by a team that spun out from the Malaysia branch of Kuwait Finance House, is looking to raise $150 million for a Southeast Asia mid-market buyout fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 07 May 2019
Southeast Asia VC: Growth agenda

Growth funds targeting B and C rounds for technology start-ups continue to gain traction with Southeast Asia venture capital managers keen to fill the late-stage funding gap

  • Southeast Asia
  • 07 May 2019
LPs ramp up emerging markets due diligence efforts - survey

Private equity investors in emerging markets are expanding the scope of their manager due diligence, driven by the weaknesses exposed in the demise of Abraaj Group as well as by increasing emphasis on environment, social, and governance (ESG) protocols.

  • Greater China
  • 06 May 2019
China's Yunji completes $121m US IPO, gains 29% on debut

Yunji, a Chinese membership-based e-commerce platform, gained 29% on its NASDAQ trading debut following a $121 million IPO that was largely covered by two of its private equity investors.

  • Greater China
  • 06 May 2019
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Investcorp: Into Asia

Investcorp entered the region last year through a fund commitment in China and the acquisition of an alternative investment platform in India. The firm’s top executives explain the rationale

  • MENA
  • 06 May 2019
C-Bridge closes third healthcare fund at $850m

C-Bridge Capital has closed its third healthcare fund - which covers Asia but is most active in China - at $850 million, after increasing the hard cap. It is the largest dedicated healthcare vehicle raised for deployment in Asia by an independent private...

  • Greater China
  • 03 May 2019
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