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ESG & operations: Compliance corner

Few mid-market private equity firms in Asia have dedicated ESG personnel and this is not necessarily an obstacle to progress. As compliance and reporting burdens increase, the status quo may change

  • North Asia
  • 01 March 2021
Lunar buys majority stake in Hong Kong IVF business

Chinese middle-market buyout firm Lunar has agreed to acquire a women’s health and IVF business from Mason Group, a Hong Kong conglomerate with interests in financial services and healthcare, for HK$268 million ($34.5 million).

  • Greater China
  • 01 March 2021
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Malaysia's EPF awards co-investment SMAs to global firms

BlackRock, HarbourVest Partners, and Partners Group have been awarded co-investment mandates by Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) totaling $600 million.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 01 March 2021
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FountainVest buys China logistics business

FountainVest Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in China-based CJ Rokin Logistics from Korea’s CJ Logistics for KRW733.8 billion ($661.3 million).

  • Greater China
  • 26 February 2021
New Frontier Japan targets $94m for second fund

New Frontier Japan Investment (NFJI), a lower middle-market Japanese private equity firm, is looking to raise JPY10 billion ($94.4 million) for its second fund.

  • North Asia
  • 26 February 2021
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Q&A: Affirma Capital's Ivo Philipps

Affirma Capital came into being 18 months ago as Standard Chartered’s private equity team spun out with most of the remaining balance sheet assets. COO Ivo Philipps explains the middle and back office transition

  • GPs
  • 25 February 2021
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TPG takes majority stake in NewQuest

TPG has agreed to take a majority interest in Asia secondaries specialist NewQuest Capital Partners, nearly three years after acquiring a minority stake in the manager.

  • Secondaries
  • 25 February 2021
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Fund focus: LPs endorse Ocean Link's China tourism, tech thesis

Ocean Link has raised $580 million for a second fund targeting China travel, tourism and consumer technology assets, but the firm believes co-investment could take aggregate deployment to $1.4 billion

  • Greater China
  • 24 February 2021
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COOs in Asia private equity: Horses for courses

The COO role is gradually becoming more prevalent in Asian private equity, but GPs struggle to find the right combination of financial skills and business acumen. The optimal candidate is often internal

  • GPs
  • 24 February 2021
KKR commits $723m to Korean shipping services business

KKR has made a pre-IPO investment of KRW800 billion ($723 million) in Hyundai Global Service (HGS), the aftersales marine services arm of Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH).

  • North Asia
  • 24 February 2021
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B Capital launches SPAC

B Capital Group, a US-based venture capital firm with a presence in Singapore and a significant Asia portfolio, is looking to raise $300 million for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 February 2021
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Korea's Tmon closes $276m pre-IPO round

PS Alliance, an investment unit of South Korean automotive and electronic components manufacturer Poongsung Group, has led a KRW305 billion ($276 million) commitment to local e-commerce platform Tmon.

  • North Asia
  • 22 February 2021
KKR loses managing director in Singapore

Terence Lee, a managing director at KKR who leads technology, media and telecom (TMT) and growth equity investments in Southeast Asia, has left the firm.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 February 2021
China's CITIC sells US dental business

CITIC Capital Partners has exited US-based dental business DDS Lab – the private equity firm’s first acquisition in the US as a lead investor – to RoundTable Healthcare Partners for an undisclosed sum.

  • Greater China
  • 19 February 2021
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PE-backed JD Logistics set for Hong Kong listing

JD Logistics, a supply chain solutions and logistics provider that spun-out from Chinese online retailer JD.com, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO. The company has received $2.57 billion in private funding.

  • Greater China
  • 19 February 2021
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India's Avataar raises $100m top-up fund

Avataar Ventures, an India-based enterprise software investor that spun out from Norwest Venture Partners in 2019, has raised a $100 million opportunities fund that will do follow-on rounds for existing portfolio companies and make some new investments.

  • South Asia
  • 18 February 2021
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Carlyle to invest $200m in Korea's Kakao Mobility

The Carlyle Group has invested $200 million in Kakao Mobility, a transportation-focused spinout from Korea’s Kakao Corporation that offers taxi-hailing, designated driver, and other services.

  • North Asia
  • 18 February 2021
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Bharti Airtel to buy back stake in DTH business from Warburg Pincus

Warburg Pincus has agreed to exit its stake in Bharti Telemedia, the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television services arm of Indian telecom services provider Bharti Airtel, through a share buyback worth INR31.3 billion ($429.5 million) in cash and shares.

  • South Asia
  • 18 February 2021
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Korean retailer Shinsegae invests in Southeast Asia's Grab

Korean retailer Shinsegae has invested in ride-hailing and online-to-offline services (O2O) platform Grab, as financial and strategic players from Korea and Japan continue their push into Southeast Asian technology unicorns.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 February 2021
Hamilton Lane secures Asian support for global secondaries fund

Hamilton Lane has closed its fifth global secondaries fund on $3.9 billion, with Asian LPs accounting for 17% of the corpus.

  • Secondaries
  • 17 February 2021
PE-backed Arohan Financial Services files for India IPO

Arohan Financial Services, an Indian microfinance institution (MFI) that was acquired by Aavishkaar Group in 2012 and went on to receive funding from several other PE investors, has filed for a domestic IPO.

  • South Asia
  • 17 February 2021
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Ex-KKR executive to lead Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund

Ridha Wirakusumah, whose previous roles include serving as a director for Southeast Asia at KKR, has been chosen to lead Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 17 February 2021
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Waterman set for $140m windfall from My Food Bag IPO

New Zealand’s Waterman Capital will realize up to NZ$193.9 million ($140 million) through the IPO of My Food Bag, a home delivery service that provides customers with ingredients and recipes to cook their own meals.

  • Australasia
  • 16 February 2021
Vintage update: India 2011-2013

A selection of India-based assets that remain in the portfolios of Accel Partners, Aditya Birla Private Equity, BanyanTree Finance Private, Faering Capital, and Helion Venture Partners

  • South Asia
  • 16 February 2021
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