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Tasman Capital targets $209m fund

Sydney-based Tasman Capital is said to be targeting A$200 million ($209 million) for its latest fund, with a hard cap set at A$300 million. It has selected Geneva-based alternative assets marketing firm MCAM Group as a placement agent.

  • Australasia
  • 19 August 2011
Warburg Pincus, KPCB inject $100m in Chinese fashion retail site

Warburg Pincus and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) will jointly invest $100 million in Xiu.com, a Chinese e-commerce fashion site, Bloomberg reported, citing an emailed statement sent by the company.

  • Early-stage
  • 18 August 2011
Infinity-backed fund invests in China's Asymchem Laboratories

An Infinity Group-backed fund that targets the biomedical industry has committed RMB90 million ($14 million) to a RMB250 million round of financing launched by Tianjin-based Asymchem Laboratories.

  • Expansion
  • 18 August 2011
Japanese property plays
Japanese property plays

Distressed investment in Japan is very much a real estate game and the opportunities are considerable – provided you can get a seat at the table. Long-term market participants are eying office buildings in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, aware that...

  • Real estate
  • 17 August 2011
IDFC makes second mezzanine commitment to Caparo Energy

Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has provided $33.5 million in mezzanine funding, subject to a four-year term, to Caparo Energy. This is IDFC's second mezzanine deal with the energy firm, following an earlier $78.5 million six-year commitment....

  • Infrastructure
  • 17 August 2011
INCJ to promote Japanese media content overseas

Innovation Network Corp. of Japan (INCJ), a public-private investment fund, has committed JPY6 billion ($80 million) to form a new media company called All Nippon Entertainment Works, which will promote Japanese content overseas.

  • Portfolio management
  • 16 August 2011
Infinity invests $7m in Chinese mobile SNS provider

Israel-based private equity firm Infinity Group has committed $7 million to the Series C round of financing for Haolianluo (HLL), a Chinese mobile social networking services provider. The company is seeking to raise $12 million in total.

  • Greater China
  • 16 August 2011
India's TVS raises $110m for growth fund

TVS Capital Funds, an India-based private equity firm, is reportedly planning to raise up to INR5billion ($110.3 million) for an add-on fund.

  • South Asia
  • 15 August 2011
SEAF commits capital to Indian cotton seed processor

Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF), the Washington-based private equity firm, has made an investment in Abhay Cotex Private Limited (ACPL), an Indian firm that processes cotton seeds for use in animal feed.

  • Early-stage
  • 12 August 2011
Kirkland & Ellis added new lawyers to strengthen Asia operation

Kirkland & Ellis has added several new senior lawyers to its Hong Kong office, including Nicholas Norris, John Otoshi, Benjamin Su, Dominic Tsun, Li-Chien Wong, Ashley Young and David Zhang.

  • People
  • 11 August 2011
Former Infosys CFO to launch India PE fund

T.V. Mohandas Pai, the former CFO of Infosys, is reportedly planning to raise a private equity fund worth $100 million and is already closing in on his first investment.

  • Fundraising
  • 10 August 2011
CITIC's mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy
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 August 2011
TPG eyes controlling stake in Indonesian tire manufacturer

US buyout firm TPG Capital has emerged as a potential bidder for Indonesian tire manufacturer Multistrada Arah Sarana, Reuters reported. It faces competition from South Korea's Hankook Tire and Japan’s Yokohama Rubber.

  • Industrials
  • 10 August 2011
Higashiyama Film accepts CITIC Capital Japan's takeover bid

CITIC Capital Partners Japan announced that its tender offer for Higashiyama Film, a Nagoya-based industrial use film maker special film maker, has been accepted.

  • Buyouts
  • 09 August 2011
IDFC injects additional $18 m in Green Infra

IDFC Private Equity, a wholly-owned unit of India's Infrastructure Development Finance Company, will invest INR800 million ($18 million) in clean energy producer Green Infra. IDFC originally incubated the company in 2008 and has already invested INR3.6...

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 August 2011
Temasek forms JV with South Africa's Oppenheimer family

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings will form a joint venture private equity fund with South Africa’s E. Oppenheimer & Son International. James Teeger, group managing director at E. Oppenheimer, told Reuters that each party would make an...

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 August 2011
Terra Firma to open Beijing office

European private equity firm Terra Firma has received the regulatory green light to open a representative office in Beijing, marking its foray into Asia.

  • Greater China
  • 04 August 2011
Blackstone invests in leading Indian IT park

The Blackstone Group will acquire a 37% stake in Manyata Promoters, which operates high technology park in Bangalore, India, for around $200 million. The investment is said to value the entire development at $550 million.

  • Real estate
  • 03 August 2011
KKR hires former Nomura India executive director

KKR has appointed Dhiren Mehta, formerly of Nomura, as a director of its Indian operation. Mehta will work out of KKR’s Mumbai office, which is led by the Sanjay Nayar, CEO of KKR India and B.V. Krishnan, head of the private equity firm's non-banking...

  • People
  • 03 August 2011
INCJ: Collaborator or competitor?
INCJ: Collaborator or competitor?

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has always divided opinion. The government-run entity, which operates with the support of local corporations, is intended to support new growth businesses.

  • Portfolio management
  • 03 August 2011
IBK Capital Q to invest in Hankook Silicon

IBK Capital-Q Capital Partners, which is backed by The Korea Finance Corp. (KoFC), will invest KRW40 billion($38 million) in Hankook Silicon(HKS), the third-largest polysilicon manufacturer in South Korea, according to local media reports. The size of...

  • LPs
  • 02 August 2011
Singapore's Mapletree acquires Hong Kong shopping mall

Singapore-based real estate investment firm Mapletree Investments will acquire Hong Kong’s popular shopping mall Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong for around HK$18.8 billion ($2.4 billion) from Swire Properties.

  • Real estate
  • 02 August 2011
CLSA makes $15m investment in Indonesian tea company

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has invested $15 million in PT Sari Wangi AEA, which claims to be the largest privately held tea company in Indonesia.

  • Early-stage
  • 01 August 2011
SBI launches $24m fund with Greater China corporates

Japanese financial group SBI Holdings will jointly launch a $24 million venture fund with Taiwanese financial corporation Shin Kong Group and Hong Kong-based real estate firm Nang Fung Group.

  • Venture
  • 01 August 2011
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