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Australia's Crescent Capital plans National Hearing healthcare IPO

Crescent Capital Partners, a mid-market Australian private equity firm, is planning an IPO for investee National Hearing Care, an audiology business, possibly as early as October.

  • Australasia
  • 15 September 2010
Macquarie acquires Presidio for Asia Pacific/US real estate synergy

Macquarie Group has announced the acquisition of Presidio Partners, a leading US real estate private equity investment and advisory firm, seeking to build links with its own, chiefly Asia Pacific, real estate platform.

  • Australasia
  • 15 September 2010
Buyout firm among bidders for Korea's Woori Bank

The South Korean government has narrowed the field of potential bidders in the $6 billion privatization of Woori Finance Holdings to four, including one buyout fund, according to a government spokesperson.

  • North Asia
  • 15 September 2010
CDC under scrutiny for Asia, other expenses

The UK's development policy investor Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), which participates in many Asia-focused funds, is under review by the UK International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, following press enquiries about its staff's...

  • Europe
  • 14 September 2010
Axis Bank to complete exit from private equity fund

India's Axis Bank is about to complete its exit from its Axis Private Equity platform, pending the results of discussions with LPs in its INR600 crore ($130 million) fund, according to comments by Shikha Sharma, the bank's CEO.

  • South Asia
  • 14 September 2010
Advent recruits former Thermax MD Kulkarni as advisor

International mid-market private equity investor Advent International has recruited Prakash Kulkarni, former MD of Thermax, India's leading boiler manufacturer, as an advisor in its operating partner program.

  • South Asia
  • 14 September 2010
Acumen India director Sahni quits for healthcare with Global Impact

Varun Sahni, formerly India Director with US-headquartered international social venture fund Acumen, is now launching his own private equity vehicle, Global Impact Investors (GII), targeting to raise $100 million, with a focus on services in emerging...

  • South Asia
  • 14 September 2010
Industry Q&A: Keith Larson, Intel Capital

Keith Larson, VP and MD for the Manufacturing Sector at Intel Capital, talks about how truly world-class technology, electronics and gadget companies are making Asia – all of Asia – the place to look for the next, best thing.

  • North America
  • 14 September 2010
China private equity shooting for world No.1?
China private equity shooting for world No.1?

The latest market data and market moves point to China’s inexorable rise to become the leading private equity market, as it is the leading economy, in Asia Pacific.

  • Greater China
  • 14 September 2010
China reshapes the world?

China's rise to private equity superpower status is the subject of much comment in AVCJ lately and elsewhere; but one less immediately obvious implication is the prediction made by David Patrick Eich of Kirkland & Ellis, that “China will have a profound...

  • Greater China
  • 14 September 2010
Milestone Capital invests Chennai's Pelican Group for affordable housing

India's Milestone Capital Partners has invested INR20 crore ($4.3 million) in Pelican Group, a Chennai-based real estate developer, to fund expansion in the affordable/social housing segment through its Pelican Affordable Housing unit.

  • South Asia
  • 13 September 2010
TPG gets green light for Vishal

TPG Capital's protracted bid to pick up assets from India's struggling Vishal Retail group appears finally concluded, as Vishal's board approved the sale of its wholesale, institutional sales and franchise businesses to the private equity firm.

  • South Asia
  • 13 September 2010
CIC may see functional restructuring

China Investment Corporation, the $300 billion SWF, may be in line for restructuring plans that could see it broken into up to three functional divisions targeting equity and strategic resources investments, according to reports.

  • Greater China
  • 13 September 2010
VantagePoint launches Bohai VC fund

VantagePoint Venture Partners has become the latest fund to launch out of China's bustling Bohai Rim development zone, with the announcement of the Tianjin VantagePoint Hi-tech China FIVCE Fund, targeting RMB680 million ($100 million) for investment in...

  • Cleantech
  • 13 September 2010
CICC loses talent as KKR, TPG deal nears

The $1 billion-plus sale of Morgan Stanley's 34.3% stake in leading PRC i-bank China International Capital Corp (CICC) to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG Capital appears to be coinciding with a talent flight from the bank, as the bank moves to allow...

  • Financials
  • 10 September 2010
China Life to invest China Development Bank, NSSF-backed $2.2bn Suzhou RMB VC fund

China Life, the PRC's top insurance company, is to invest into the Suzhou Venture Capital Fund, an RMB-denominated vehicle in Suzhou, a significant satellite city of Shanghai, set up by the China Development Bank (CDB) and the National Social Security...

  • Venture
  • 10 September 2010
TPG, Oaktree, Anchorage ready to back Alinta recap

TPG Capital - through its TPG Opportunities Partners special situations vehicle and private equity funds - with Oaktree Capital and Anchorage Advisers are preparing a recapitalization deal for Australian power generator Alinta Energy, previously Babcock...

  • Australasia
  • 10 September 2010
South Korean SWF KIC to receive $5 billion of fresh capital

South Korean SWF the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is to receive up to $5 billion from public finances to add to its $35 billion of capital, and may look at more partnerships with other international SWFs, according to official statements.

  • North Asia
  • 09 September 2010
Wang steps down from DB

Pying-Huan Wang, formerly a director at Deutsche Bank where she was leading investment management with oversight of the bank's PEG Group in Switzerland, has now quit the firm, with her future plans apparently including further asset management work in...

  • Greater China
  • 09 September 2010
FLAG planted in Hong Kong

Stamford, Conn.-headquartered fund of funds FLAG Capital Management is opening a new office in Hong Kong - its first presence outside the US - to cover the Asia Pacific region.

  • Greater China
  • 08 September 2010
AIG seeks early September listing for AIA

US insurance giant AIG is apparently looking to list its star Asian subsidiary AIA in Hong Kong toward the beginning of its expected listing window, planning to seek authorization around the third week of September, with the putative listing in October,...

  • Financials
  • 08 September 2010
Everstone focusing on corporates, not warehouses

Indian PE firm Everstone Capital is not on track to raise a new real estate fund focusing specifically on warehouses and logistics, industry sources say, contrary to earlier media reports.

  • South Asia
  • 07 September 2010
Reliance/GTL deal off

The $11 billion merger of Reliance Infratel, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's cellular tower arm, and Indian independent telecoms major GTL Infrastructure, has been called off after parties failed to reach an agreement, nixing prospects for investment...

  • South Asia
  • 07 September 2010
Funds of funds build LP returns
Funds of funds build LP returns

Asia Pacific has always possessed the kind of environment that in theory is well tailored for the fund of funds model.

  • Funds
  • 07 September 2010
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