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India PE investment to top $10b this year - Ernst & Young

India may see $10 billion in private equity investments this year, topping the $6 billion recorded in 2010, according to Ernst & Yong, as quoted in local media reports.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 June 2011
KITVEN invests in Indian mapping services provider

Bangalore-based Vidteq India has raised funding from Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund (KITVEN) for undisclosed amount.

  • Venture
  • 17 June 2011
Goldman Sachs takes minority stake in Max India

Goldman Sachs’s private equity unit will acquire a 9.4% stake in Max India, an insurer and hospital operator, for $115 million, according to reports.

  • South Asia
  • 17 June 2011
Lone Star challenges stock manipulation charges in Korean court

Lone Star will file a petition to void stock manipulation charges leveled against it and Paul Yoo, the head of its South Korea unit, Reuters reported. The move is likely to prolong the private equity firm’s sale of a 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)...

  • Regulation
  • 17 June 2011
Private equity-backed Apo Plus Station makes healthcare acquisition

Apo Plus Station, a portfolio company of Japanese private equity firm J-Star, has purchased a 40% stake in EBM, a clinical examinations specialist.

  • Portfolio management
  • 16 June 2011
Ashmore poised to buy stake in Pakistani fertilizer firm

Private equity firm Ashmore has been granted 90 day extension by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to purchase 80% stake in Agritech, formally known as Pak American Fertilizer.

  • PIPEs
  • 16 June 2011
Tokyo Edge Capital to exit Morpho via IPO

Morpho, an image processing services firm that received backing from the University of Tokyo Edge Capital(UTEC), has filed to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company expects to make its trading debut on July 23.

  • Venture
  • 16 June 2011
GSR backs China's growing LED market

GSR Ventures, a Beijing- and Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, made its sixth investment in China’s LED industry last week, with a $10 million round of Series A financing for SunSun Lighting. The company wants to list within three years.

  • Greater China
  • 15 June 2011
PE rides M&A wave in Indian security

Blackstone has been emerged as potential acquirer of Securitrans India, the cash management arm of security services provider APS group. According to local reports, a deal worth around INR150 crore ($33.6 million) has been put together for the Delhi-based...

  • South Asia
  • 15 June 2011
CalPERS appoints new PE head

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest US public pension fund, has appointed Real Desrochers to head its $49 billion private equity portfolio, the Los Angeles Times reported.

  • People
  • 14 June 2011
Macquarie, China Everbright make first close on infrastructure fund

Macquarie Group and China Everbright have made the first close on their joint China infrastructure fund, securing total commitments of $479 million. They are targeting a final close in 2012.

  • Fundraising
  • 14 June 2011
China's Eshop receives series A financing from Sequoia

Sequoia Capital and Xianfeng Huaxing Venture Capital have participated in a round of series A financing for Beijing-based e-commerce management company Eshop.

  • Greater China
  • 13 June 2011
China's Co-Win Venture closes fifth fund at $385.4m

Shenzhen-based Co-Win Venture Capital Investment has closed its fifth fund, raising a total of RMB2.5 billion ($385.4 million).

  • Venture
  • 13 June 2011
IFC invests $4m in Sapphire Industrial Infrustructure

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, has injected $4 million in India’s Sapphire Industrial Infrastructures, a tin film solar plant operator.

  • South Asia
  • 13 June 2011
Morgan Stanley's China JV brokerage opens for business

Morgan Stanley's brokerage joint venture in China with Huaxin Securities has begun operations, having received a business license on May 30.

  • Greater China
  • 13 June 2011
Carlyle nears first direct investment in Indonesia

US private equity firm The Carlyle Group is closing in on a 25% stake worth $200 million in GarudaFood, an Indonesian food and beverage company, Reuters reported.

  • Buyout
  • 13 June 2011
Advantage Partners completes takeover of GTA TeleGuam

Japanese buyout firm Advantage Partners (AP) finally completed its takeover of GTA TeleGuam, Guam’s leading telecom operator.The selling party is Shamrock Capital Advisors, a California-based private equity firm that obtained GTA from the Guam government...

  • Buyouts
  • 10 June 2011
INCJ to hold majority stake in Toshiba, Sony LCD panel unit

The Innovative Network of Japan(INCJ), a government-run investment fund, will take a majority stake in Toshiba and Sony's consolidated LCD panels business.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 June 2011
MGPA Asia III takes 50% stake in Galleria Chengdu

MGPA, the private equity real estate investment advisory firm, has acquired a 50% interest in Galleria Chengdu, a newly completed commercial mall in the western China city of Chengdu.

  • Real estate
  • 10 June 2011
Composition Partners strengthens Hong Kong team

Amsterdam-based investment manager Composition Capital Partners has relocated Roderik Mulder, CFO and chief risk officer, to Hong Kong as part of wider efforts to expand its Asian operations.

  • Greater China
  • 09 June 2011
LED developer gets first financing from GSR Ventures

Chinese LED manufacturer SunSun Lighting has received $10 million in Series A financing from GSR ventures, an early stage venture capital firm. The company will use the funding to improve its technology with a view to establishing itself as a major player...

  • Greater China
  • 09 June 2011
Tokio Marine, GOL to launch Japanese SME fund

Tokio Marine Asset Management (TMAM) and Governance for Owners LLP (GOL) will launch the TMAM-GO Japan Engagement Fund (JEF) to invest in listed companies in Japan to help company to improve long term performance. The fund size was not specified, but...

  • North Asia
  • 09 June 2011
Proceed with caution
Proceed with caution

China’s rapid growth has lured private equity funds pie-eyed for returns, but the market’s realities make investing more difficult to maneuver

  • Greater China
  • 01 June 2011
Chongqing approves Infinity Group for QFLP program

Israeli-China focused private equity firm Infinity Group has reportedly been approved by the Chongqing municipal government for the Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) program, enabling the firm to convert foreign currency into yuan for onshore investments....

  • LPs
  • 27 May 2011
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