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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
CVC takes additional $29m from Samsonite IPO over-allotment

CVC and Royal Bank of Scotland made an additional $46 million from Samonsite's Hong Kong IPO after underwriters exercised the over-allotment option to meet demand for the shares. The luggage maker's IPO initially raised $1.25 billion and the stock slumped...

  • Exits
  • 11 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
India's L&T sees $75m in pre-IPO raise

L&T Finance Holdings, a subsidiary of Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, has raised $75 million through a pre-IPO share placement to US private equity fund Capital International, according to a statement sent to the Bombay Stock Exchange....

  • Exits
  • 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
Nomura to launch India infrastructure fund in September

Nomura Holdings plans to launch its $500 million India-focused $500 infrastructure fund in September, according to Vikas Sharma, the Japanese asset manager's country head for India. The launch date is a couple of months later than originally expected....

  • Infrastructure
  • 04 July 2011
SCPE takes 49% stake in Doosan Industrial Vehicle

Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), has taken 49% stake in South Korea’s largest forklift manufacturer Doosan Industrial Vehicle (DIV) for undisclosed sum. Sources indicate the deal is worth about $230 million.

  • Expansion
  • 04 July 2011
OPIC to support Asia's energy spaces

OPIC, a US government-backed development finance institution, has approved a $62 million capital injection into the Renewable Energy Asia Fund, which has so far raised $125 million.

  • Cleantech
  • 30 June 2011
Malaysia, Singapore SWFs jointly develop realty projects

Sovereign wealth funds Khazanah Nasional Berhad of Malaysia and Temasek Holdings of Singapore have established a 60/40 real estate joint venture, respectively, called M+S Pte. Ltd. to develop four land parcels in Singapore's Marina South and Ophir-Rochor...

  • Real estate
  • 30 June 2011
Vogo, Tstobe, MBK participate in South Korea's Woori auction

Three South Korean private equity funds, Vogo Fund, Tstone and MBK Partners, have emerged as potential bidders to purchase the government's 57% controlling stake in Woori Financial Holdings, worth an estimated $6 billion .

  • Buyout
  • 30 June 2011
CLSA Capital Partners appoints new fundraising head

CLSA Capital Partners has appointed Juliana Wood to lead its marketing and fundraising operations from Singapore. In this capacity, she will report to COO Randy Wilbert.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 29 June 2011
KKR gets green light for Saudi Arabia operation

KKR has been awarded a license to operate in Saudi Arabia. The private equity firm sees considerable fundraising potential in the country in addition to investment opportunities across the region.

  • MENA
  • 29 June 2011
Japanese GPs prepare for a smaller future
Japanese GPs prepare for a smaller future

Consolidation is in the cards as Japan’s private equity industry focuses on mid-cap plays rather than buyouts

  • North Asia
  • 29 June 2011
Japanese GPs still see opportunities

Private equity investors are thinking twice about trouble-hit Japan, but reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated

  • LPs
  • 22 June 2011
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