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Deal focus: HaloDoc targets healthcare access

A spin-out from domestic pharmaceutical players Mensa Group, Indonesian healthcare services app HaloDoc wants to make medication and doctor consultations more accessible to the masses

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 September 2016
VC value-add: Operational gambit

As competition for VC deals intensifies in Asia and capital becomes commoditized, GPs are stressing their value-add credentials. Should we believe the hype?

  • Venture
  • 14 September 2016
Sun Hung Kai appoints Sebastiaan van den Berg as CIO

Sebastiaan van den Berg, previously a managing director at HarbourVest Partners, has become CIO and head of principal investments at Hong Kong-based Sun Hung Kai & Co.

  • Greater China
  • 14 September 2016
Australia VC: Interesting times

AirTree Ventures' successful fundraise underlines the growth interest in Australian venture capital, but the superannuation funds have yet to prove themselves to be a consistent source of capital

  • Australasia
  • 13 September 2016
Indonesia healthcare services app gets $11m Series A

Clermont Group, a Singapore-based private investment firm led by billionaire Richard Chandler, has led a Series A round worth $11 million for Indonesian healthcare services app HaloDoc.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 September 2016
MBK shelves plan to exit Korea's Coway

MBK Partners has suspended plans to sell its holding in listed South Korean water purifier business Coway because the stock is thought to be undervalued.

  • North Asia
  • 12 September 2016
Deal focus: Allegro to revamp Pizza Hut’s recipe

Allegro Funds plans new store expansion for Pizza Hut Australia, but first the GP and its management team partners will make operational improvements to the existing business

  • Australasia
  • 12 September 2016
Riverside adds partner in Australia

The Riverside Company has promoted Nicholas Speer, a principal in its Melbourne office, to partner.

  • Australasia
  • 09 September 2016
Foxconn invests $120m in China's Didi Chuxing

Foxconn Technology Group has invested $119.9 million in China-based ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing at a valuation of $33.7 billion.

  • Greater China
  • 09 September 2016
Korean LPs back Lindeman's $273m China fund

Lindeman Asia Investment, a South Korea and China-focused PE firm that concentrates on small and medium-sized enterprises, has launched a KRW300 billion ($273 million) fund with backing from domestic LPs.

  • North Asia
  • 09 September 2016
Carlyle launches tender offer for Money Square Japan

The Carlyle Group has launched a tender offer for Money Square Japan, a Tokyo-listed provider of foreign exchange margin trading services.

  • North Asia
  • 08 September 2016
PEP fully exits Australia-listed Link Group

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has completed its exit from Link Group, selling its stake in the Australian financial data and fund administration services provider alongside several other shareholders in a deal said to be worth A$872.3 million ($670 million).

  • Australasia
  • 08 September 2016
Japan's Taiho Ventures backs US cancer drug developer

Taiho Ventures, the newly established VC arm of Japan’s Taiho Pharmaceutical, has participated in a $70 million Series B round of funding for Arcus Biosciences, a US-based start-up that develops cancer drugs.

  • North Asia
  • 07 September 2016
Q&A: Aberdeen Asset Management's Andrew McCaffery

Andrew McCaffery, head of alternatives at Aberdeen Asset Management, discusses the long-term impact of investors becoming more aggressive in their pursuit of returns, almost regardless of the risk

  • LPs
  • 07 September 2016
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Secondaries: Stick or twist?

After several years of rapid growth, secondaries volumes slowed in the first half of 2016, while fundraising reached an all-time high. Opinion is divided on the prospects for an increasingly nuanced market

  • Secondaries
  • 07 September 2016
LPs want GPs to show comprehensive approach to ESG - AVCJ Forum

Private equity firms need to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment strategies – and do so in a long term, end-to-end manner, LPs told the AVCJ ESG Forum.

  • GPs
  • 05 September 2016
PE exposure vital in weak global economy - Future Fund

Exposure to private equity and venture capital – where it is driven by true value creation rather than financial leverage or strong economic growth – has never been more important, according to Raphael Arndt, CIO of Australia’s Future Fund.

  • Australasia
  • 03 September 2016
CLSA-backed BayCurrent lists in Tokyo

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSA CP) has made a partial exit from BayCurrent Consulting as the company raised JPY28.3 billion ($272 million) through an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

  • North Asia
  • 03 September 2016
Australia's Crescent exits Breezway to US trade buyer

Crescent Capital Partners sold Breezway, an Australian manufacturer of louvre windows for residential and commercial buildings, to US-based industry counterpart Jeld-Wen Holding.

  • Australasia
  • 02 September 2016
Deal focus: Mr Vitamins gets deal-by-deal treatment

Executives from Ironbridge Capital and Catalyst Investment Managers team up with retail veteran Brett Blundy to take Australia's Mr Vitamins into its next stage of growth

  • Australasia
  • 02 September 2016
NewQuest buys BPO asset from Ayala, Actis

Direct secondaries specialist NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired business process outsourcing (BPO) company Integreon from Philippines conglomerate Ayala Corporation and Actis Capital.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 02 September 2016
Korean LPs prioritize yield-generating alternatives - AVCJ Forum

Korean institutional investors are raising their allocations to alternative assets, but a need for yield means they favor assets like private debt and infrastructure over private equity.

  • North Asia
  • 01 September 2016
Fund focus: Kerogen plays the long game

In the early stages of deployment of its $830 million second fund, Kerogen Capital faces a very different energy sector to the previous cycle, characterized by lower costs, lower entry prices and reduced competition

  • Fundraising
  • 01 September 2016
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Side letters: A little extra

The proliferation of side letter provisions submitted by LPs as conditional on their participation in a fundraise is adding to administrative workloads. Private equity firms must negotiate carefully

  • Fundraising
  • 01 September 2016
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