Articles by Maya Ando
Valiant to take SME Fuji Foods private
Tokyo-based SME-focused buyout firm Valiant Partners plans to take Fuji Foods Co., a producer and distributor of cooked foods, private through an MBO.
Japan, a Catch-22?
While Japan's estimated GDP growth sits at just 2.6%, China is forecasted to hit 9.6% growth in 2010.
Valiant to privatize Fuji Food for $76.7 million
Valiant Partners, a Tokyo-based SME-focused small buyout firm, plans to take Fuji Food Co., a Tokyo-based producer and distributor of cooked foods, private through an MBO.
KKR completes Intelligence acquisition in Japan
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has signed a definitive agreement for the buyout of Intelligence Ltd., the recruitment services subsidiary of Tokyo-based cable broadcaster and media content provider Usen, for JPY32.5 billion ($358 million), with both parties...
JAFCO Asia, Mitsui, CEL invest Prudent Energy in China
PRC energy storage business Prudent Energy has announced that pan-Asian VC investor JAFCO Asia, Japanese VC firm Mitsui Ventures and European growth capital investor China Equity Links (CEL) Partners, as well as other investors, will invest a total of...
Shinsei Bank sacks four staff over pay
JC Flowers & Co.-owned Japanese lender Shinsei Bank will let go four foreign senior executives under new Japanese rules on annual compensation of individuals.
Korea's NPS to boost exposure in alternatives
South Korea's National Pension Service, the world’s fifth largest sovereign wealth fund, said it plans to boost its equity and alternative investment holdings.
Kleiner China invites two new recruits
KPCB China, the China unit of Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins, has hired Jonathan Wang and Wang Enqiang as venture partner and senior advisor, respectively.
Olympus hires Nomura's Katayama
Hong Kong-headquartered Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has appointed Shunji Katayama, 48, a former investment banker at Nomura Holdings Inc., as a Managing Director, based in Tokyo.
GSR hires tech vet Jia as partner
GSR Ventures, the Beijing-based venture capital firm, has hired Jack Jia, founder and Chairman of Baynote, Inc., a software innovator that develops recommendation and search technology, as a Partner.
MagnaChip to debut on NYSE
South Korea’s MagnaChip Semiconductor, currently invested by distressed investment firm Avenue Capital Group and previously backed by a number of private equity firms prior to earlier bankruptcy, is poised for its IPO on the NYSE, in a listing which is...
SocGen welcomes Japanese CEO for Asia Pacific
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointment Hikaru Ogata as Chief Executive Officer for its business in Asia Pacific.
Longreach's Miyoshi leaves for Greenhill
Yasuyuki “Yaz” Miyoshi, hitherto Representative Director and one of the founding partners of pan-Asian private equity firm The Longreach Group, has started a new role in Japan as Managing Director at Greenhill & Co., Inc. a global independent investment...
Walden gets happy returns from Korean games
Walden International has sold a 13% stake in its portfolio company Ndoors Corporation, a South Korean game software developer/publisher, to Nexon Corporation, a major strategic peer in the sector.
SAIF expects 5x return from selling Intelligroup
Hyderabad-based IT firm Intelligroup, 37% and 26% invested by SAIF Partners and Venture Tech (an investment vehicle of The Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences of the Washington University in the US), will be sold 100% to NTT Data Corporation, the...
H&Q's Fabrinet launches NYSE IPO
Fabrinet Inc., a Thailand-based provider of foundry services for optical components backed by investors including H&Q Asia Pacific, is launching its IPO on the NYSE, targeting to raise up to $110.5 million.
KKR seeks Intelligence in Japan
US private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co outbid rival the Carlyle Group and local private equity player Advantage Partners to reach final round talks with Intelligence Ltd., a recruitment services subsidiary of Usen Corp, Japan’s wire broadcasting...
KKR in final talks with USEN for Intelligence
US private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has outbid global rival the Carlyle Group and local private equity player Advantage Partners to go into the final round for the acquisition of Japan's Intelligence Ltd., the recruitment services subsidiary...
Direct Capital invests in Bayleys Corp
Direct Capital, a New Zealand private equity firm, has taken a minority stake in Bayleys Corporation Ltd., a real estate agency and professional property services provider.
Primus Nan Shan deal amended
Primus Financial Holdings and China Strategic Holdings Ltd. have amended their $2.15 billion joint agreement to buy Nan Shan Life Insurance Company in Taiwan from American International Group, Inc., placing $325 million in an escrow account for a four-year...
Temasek slated for $300 million in AgBank IPO
Singapore SWF Temasek Holdings is now looking to invest some $300 million in the upcoming listing of Agricultural Bank of China, which is expected to raise between $20 billion and $30 billion in the world's biggest IPO to date, according to reports.
Dream Incubator, ORIX launch Vietnam fund
Dream Incubator Inc., a Tokyo-based VC and advisory firm, and Japanese financial services group ORIX Corp.are forming a joint private equity vehicle focusing on the Vietnam market.
IDFC starts private equity real estate fund
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC), India’s leading infrastructure finance services firm, is to expand its alternative investment capabilities to operate a private equity real estate business, hiring a new senior executive to run the...
Mizuho Capital to take over Medical Tribune
Japan's Mizuho Capital Partners, the MBO-focused buyout firm 50:50 owned by Mizuho Corporate Bank and its managing principals, will pay JPY5.3 billion ($58 million) to acquire Medical Tribune, a publisher of weekly medical newspapers, from listed Japanese...