Articles by Maya Ando
Clearwater Capital takes additional 4% stake in India's Jamna Auto, lifting its total control to 30%
Private Equity firm Clearwater Capital Partners has taken an additional 4.03% stake in Jamna Auto Industries for approximately $3.2 million, strengthening its ties to the company in which it already has a 26.29% stake.
Gaw Capital raises $373 million for third Asia real estate fund
Gaw Capital, the Hong Kong-based private equity real estate investor, has successfully raised $373.5 million for its third real estate fund, Gateway Capital Real Estate Fund III.
GGV, Lightspeed Venture invest MediaV
GGV Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners have together invested RMB100 million ($14.7 million) in the second round of financing raised by MediaV, a leading provider of digital advertising technology and services in China.
Blackstone partners in Great Eagle's Dalian development
US private equity firm the Blackstone Group has agreed to support a housing development project launched by Great Eagle, the Hong Kong real estate development group, in Dalian in northern China.
TPG's first RMB fund targets RMB5 billion
US private equity giant TPG Capital has established its maiden RMB-denominated fund, TPG China Partners I, in agreement with the government of Pudong New Area in Shanghai Municipality, with a target size of RMB5 billion ($735.5 million).
Wise Partners outbid PE rivals to take Goldman's Teibow
Wise Partners, a Japanese private equity firm, will buy Teibow Co., a local maker of felt pen tips, from US investment bank Goldman Sachs for between JPY10-15 billion ($117-176 million).
CIC may let China Asset Management handle some overseas investments
China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s $300 billion sovereign wealth fund may appoint China Asset Management Co., the country’s largest fund manager, to oversee part of its offshore investments while the SWF is increasing its international exposure....
PEP considering Tegel Foods sale
Pacific Equity Partners is apparently considering strategic options for investee poultry producer Tegel Foods, including a divestment of shares, industry sources said, adding that the deal value could be worth more than A$600 million ($535 million).
NZ government boosts VC fund commitment
The New Zealand government has pledged an additional NZ$40 million ($28.3 million) to the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, strengthening its commitment to the vehicle in which it has already invested NZ$160 million ($113.13 million).
Korea's National Pension Fund buys Parisian shopping center
The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has acquired 51% stake in the O'Parinor, a shopping center in the Parisian suburb of Île-de-France, from London Stock Exchange Listed realtor Hammerson LLC.
Korea's KDB buying Daewoo Engineering without fund platform
South Korean government-owned policy bank Korea Development Bank (KDB) will directly acquire Daewoo Engineering and Construction, previously controlled by the Kumho Asiana Group, which is currently struggling under substantial debts, rather than establishing...
China's Huaneng Group, Ontario Teachers eye GMR's US investee
US-based power utility InterGen NV., 50:50 owned by India’s GMR Infrastructure Ltd and Canadian LP Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is in talks to divest half of the company to suitors, including China’s largest energy company China Huaneng Group as well...
Sequoia may exit Dr Lal PathLabs to TA Associates
Leading VC firm Sequoia Capital appears to be in advance talks to offload half of its stake in Dr Lal PathLabs, India’s largest diagnostics and pathology services chain, to US-based private equity firm TA Associates.
Anchorage to buy Boral business units
Sydney-based private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners has agreed to acquire the formwork and scaffolding business of local player Boral Ltd which engages in manufacture and supply of building and construction materials in Australia, the US and Asia,...
China Mining United Fund seeks further capital
The China Mining United Fund, which operates an RMB-denominated fund to invest in mining-related businesses, is slated to raise RMB3-5 billion ($442-736 million) for gold, iron ore and other metals projects.
Huaneng plans HK wind power listing
Huaneng New Energy Industrial Co., the wind power unit of China Huaneng Group Co. the largest energy company in China and a partner of WL Ross & Co., is reportedly looking at an IPO in Hong Kong by the end of this year.
VC-backed REVA lists in Oz
Venture capital-backed REVA Medical, a San Diego-based innovative medical device company, has raised $63 million from its initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Ant, SBI start TOB for Japan's VSN
A consortium called R Holdings, owned by Japanese private equity funds SBI Holdings, Ant Global Partners and Stamford Growth Investments, a division of SBI’s investment subsidiary, has kicked off a tender offer buyout of VSN Inc., a listed personnel...
LaSalle Investment purchases outlet mall in Nasu, Japan
LaSalle Investment Management, the Chicago-headquartered real estate investment firm, has bought Nasu Garden Outlet, an outlet mall in Nasu, located in a resort area in Tochigi prefecture in the Kanto region, for an undisclosed sum.
GSR Ventures hires Singapore's Ong as venture partner
Beijing-based venture capital firm GSR Ventures has hired Peng T. Ong, a Singaporean serial entrepreneur and tech investor, as a partner based in Beijing.
Macquarie, Providence and Bain bid on Taiwans CNS
Australia’s Macquarie Group and U.S. buyout fund Providence Equity Partners have submitted bids to acquire Taiwan’s cable network operator China Network Systems (CNS), currently 60%-owned by Pan-Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners, in a process that...
Carlyle investee Yashili hires safety experts to boost consumer confidence
China-based baby formula maker Yashili Group Co. - 17.3%-owned by US buyout firm Carlyle Group - has hired safety experts in an effort to build consumer confidence in its products, a lingering obstacle off the back of the 2008 melamine scandal.
Bain-backed Gome Electric sues its founder and former chairman
Bain-backed Gome Electric Appliance Holdings, a leading Chinese electrical appliance chain operator, has taken its founder, Huang Guangyu, to Hong Kong’s High Court for allegedly breaching his fiduciary duties as the company's Director.
Japan's INCJ launching new VC funds
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), the government-owned fund, plans to launch intellectual property venture funds with special focuses including biotech, slating the end of this year.