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LaSalle boosts Australia assets to $1.8b with acquisition of Trinity Funds Management

LaSalle Investment Management has agreed to acquire Trinity Funds Management(TFM) from Australian property groups Trinity Group and Clarence Property Corp for A$9.25 million ($9.9 million) plus the net assets of the business.

  • Real estate
  • 20 July 2011
China's HNA Group tipped to win bidding war for GE SeaCo

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is likely to outbid private equity firm Kelso for container leasing business GE SeaCo, the Financial Times reported. The company has been put up for sale by General Electric (GE) and its joint venture partner and could fetch...

  • Buyouts
  • 19 July 2011
India's Globals ITes receives first round of strategic funding

Globals ITeS, a Hyderabad based company that develops technology solutions for the education industry, has received funding from Mauritius-based Encore Operating Partners and 1886 Investments, an investment unit of the UK's Commonwealth Education Trust....

  • Early-stage
  • 15 July 2011
TLC Capital boosts stake in Uganda-based Indian pharma JV

TLG Capital has increased its stake in Quality Chemicals Industries(QCIL), the Uganda based pharmaceutical manufacturer owned by India’s leading pharmaceutical company CIPLA and Uganda-based Quality Chemicals.

  • Early-stage
  • 15 July 2011
CIC appoints new CIO

China Investment Corporation (CIC) has appointed Li Keping as its new chief investment officer. Li, who was formerly vice chairman of the $130 billion National Social Security Fund, replaces Gao Xiqing, according to Reuters.

  • LPs
  • 14 July 2011
Lone Star sells suburban Tokyo real estate asset for $381m

US buyout firm Lone Star has sold Yodobashi Multi Media Kichijoji, a commercial building in a west Tokyo suburb, to real estate investment firm Hulic for an estimated JPY30 billion($381 million).

  • North Asia
  • 14 July 2011
India's lower-tier urban opportunities
India's lower-tier urban opportunities

As demand for consumer goods rises among India’s 1.2 billion population, private equity has been scouring the cities for a windfall. Yet, this growth – and the competition for deals that has arisen from it – has also prompted a handful of private equity...

  • South Asia
  • 13 July 2011
SCPE seals Korean forklift partnership

Private equity opportunities in South Korea often come out of corporate restructurings by the country’s conglomerates. Samsung, Daewoo, Hyundai, SK and Lotte have in recent years all jettisoned non-core assets or problem units to lower their debt ratios,...

  • North Asia
  • 13 July 2011
Japan's CyberAgent takes stake in smartphone game developer

CyberAgent Ventures, a Japanese venture capital firm based in Beijing, has taken 25% stake in a Hong Kong smart phone game developer Epicforce Entertainment. The investment - the size of which has not been disclosed - was made through a joint fund set...

  • Venture
  • 13 July 2011
Aberdeen launches real estate fund-of-funds in Asia

Singapore-based Aberdeen Asset Management Asia has launched a property fund-of-funds that is expected to raise up to $400million. It will help boost real estate exposure among institutional investors.

  • Real estate
  • 13 July 2011
Mitsubishi Corp, Creat Group to form $125m fund

Japanese trading group Mitsubishi Corp. and Beijing-based investment firm Creat Group will establish a JPY10 billion ($125 million) fund in August that will operate as a 50-50 joint venture.

  • Greater China
  • 13 July 2011
Henderson Private Equity invests $10m in IPE Global

Henderson Equity Partners has paid $10 million for a 26% stake in Delhi-based Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise (IPE Global), a consultancy specializing in infrastructure development projects. The investment was made through Henderson Asia Pacific...

  • Early-stage
  • 12 July 2011
PAG makes first close on Asia buyout fund at $1.7b

PAG Asia Capital has made a $1.7 billion first close of PAG Asia I LP, a pan-Asia private equity buyout fund. The private equity firm is targeting a final close of $2.5 billion in the next few months.

  • Fundraising
  • 12 July 2011
Tokyo Marine, Mitsui launch $123m solar energy fund

Tokio Marine Asset Management and Mitsui & Co. are reportedly set to jointly launch a solar energy investment fund with a targeted corpus of JPY10 billion ($123.3 million). Institutional investors, such as pension funds and life insurers, have been approached...

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 July 2011
Thailand state pension fund may start investing overseas

Thailand Government Pension Fund (GPF), the sovereign wealth fund with assets totaling THB400 billion($13.2 billion), plans to invest overseas later this year. It is likely to target real estate funds, according to reports.

  • LPs
  • 07 July 2011
Pegatron, Mitsui invest in Israel's Valens Semiconductor

Taiwan-based Pegatron and Japan's Mitsui & Co. Global Investment have participated in a $14 million Series B financing round for Israeli firm Valens Semiconductor.

  • Early-stage
  • 07 July 2011
IDG invests in Hong Kong's App Annie

IDG Capital Partners has participated in the first round of private equity financing round for App Annie, a Hong Kong-based analytics and marketing intelligence provider. The size of the investment has not been revealed.

  • Venture
  • 07 July 2011
Korean financial plays are not for foreigners
Korean financial plays are not for foreigners

The Woori and Mirae Asset Life Insurance deals are cause for hope, but foreign PE may still find life difficult

  • North Asia
  • 06 July 2011
Sequoia bets on India's snack food potential

Indian snack food maker Prakash Snacks has secured its first round of private equity financing from Sequoia Capital, believed to be worth $25-30 million. Financial details were not disclosed, but local media reported that the Silicon Valley growth capital...

  • South Asia
  • 06 July 2011
Blackstone, GIC unit look at LaSalle Japanese realty assets

Blackstone Group and Global Logistic Properties, which is majority-owned by the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC), are involved in separate talks to buy 20 industrial properties in Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported. The assets, thought...

  • Real estate
  • 06 July 2011
TPG hires Bain Capital's MD for its China team

TPG Capital has recruited Jingsheng Huang, a Shanghai-based managing director at Bain Capital, as it looks to boost its China expertise. He is expected to start his new role in late August, Reuters reported.

  • People
  • 06 July 2011
GSR Ventures closes fourth fund at $350m

GSR Ventures has closed its fourth fund at $350 million after it was substantially oversubscribed. The firm, which focuses on early-stage technology deals in China, said that existing investors contributed over 80% of the capital.

  • Fundraising
  • 06 July 2011
PAI sells Kwik Fit to Japanese conglomerate Itochu

French private equity firm PAI Partners has completed the sale of UK auto parts dealer Kwik Fit to Japanese trading conglomerate Itochu for £637million ($1 billion), which includes the acquisition of £457 million ($733 million) in debt.

  • Exits
  • 05 July 2011
Lone Star, Hana extend KEB talks to December

Lone Star will have to wait until December to sell its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank to South Korean financial conglomerate Hana Financial for $4.3 billion.

  • Exits
  • 05 July 2011
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