Articles by Paul Mackintosh
Wise Partners backs Izumi turnaround
Japanese private equity firm Wise Partners will become the formal sponsor for the restructuring of Izumi Product Company, a manufacturer of electric shavers and other electrical appliances, following the latter's application for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
TPG/AA JAL deal still flying?
TPG Capital and American Airlines' plan for a $1.4 billion turnaround investment in Japan Airlines (JAL), seemingly stalled, has received fresh impetus with JAL making a formal application for anti-trust clearance to Japanese regulators, so as to proceed...
Khazanah may pick up Amanresorts
Malaysian SWF Khazanah Nasional is seeking to pick up a controlling stake in exclusive luxury resort chain Amanresorts from its current owner, Indian real estate developer DFL Group, for some $300-350 million, according to reports.
LP t&c issues as power balance shifts
The debate over the impact of the GFC on the balance of power between GPs and LPs has focused much on whether any power shift is real, or just cosmetic.
Actis settles differences over Nilgiri Dairy
Actis Capital has resolved its long-running dispute with the promoters of Nilgiri Dairy Farm, the Indian milk products group it took an ostensible control stake in for $65 million in 2006.
Primus suit delays EON takeover vote
Primus Pacific Partners, the single biggest stakeholder in Malaysian lender EON Capital, has caused a delay to a vote by the bank's shareholders on a $1.6 billion takeover bid from Hong Leong Bank by launching a lawsuit to block the buyout offer, claiming...
Transpac gets Heinz takeaway with Foodstar exit
Long-established Singapore private equity firm Transpac Capital is about to exit its investment in SGX-listed PRC soy sauce and beancurd business Foodstar Holdings, with a trade sale of around $165 million to Heinz.
Australia's Allegro announces Fund II
Allegro Private Equity, the Sydney-based ANZ independent mid-market investor, has announced the launch of its Allegro Fund II, seeking to raise A$200 million ($176 million) or above.
MBK sole bidder for KEB
Pan-Asian independent buyout fund MBK Partners was the only bidder to submit a formal letter of intent to purchase the 51.5% controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank held by Lone Star Funds and valued at up to $4 billion, according to Korean press reports....
CIC's Yingru Li joins China Asean Fund
Yingru Li, previously MD in charge of private equity fund investments and co-investments at PRC SWF the China Investment Corp. (CIC), has been appointed co-Chief Investment Officer of the China Asean Fund, a $1 billion infrastructure-focused vehicle supported...
Consortium backs PRC housing needs
A consortium of investors including Warburg Pincus, CITIC Private Equity Funds Management,and Bohai Industrial Investment Fund Management, as well as private conglomerate Shanghai Fosun High Technology (Group), have made a joint investment of RMB2.6 billion...
Reliance sells India towers
The Blackstone Group, the Carlyle Group and TPG Capital are all in talks with number two Indian cellular provider Reliance Communications, part of India’s Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, over the spinout of the company’s cellular transmission tower...
Fortress closes first Japan fund at $800 million
Fortress Investment Group, the US distressed debt and alternative assets investment group, has closed its first Japan-focused distressed fund, the Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund, at JPY75 billion ($800 million), its target cap, according to...
Capital Dynamics launches Oz-led cleantech platform
Switzerland-headquartered private equity asset management firm Capital Dynamics is launching a cleantech direct investment initiative, to be led initially from Brisbane in Australia, the base for David Scaysbrook, newly appointed MD in the Clean Energy...
Gupta joins Nexus as MD
Indian VC firm Nexus Venture Partners has announced the hire of Anup Gupta, hitherto Group COO at leading NYSE-listed BPO company WNS (Holdings) Ltd., as a Managing Director.
KIC allots $200 million for Chesapeake
South Korean SWF the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has said that it will invest $200 million as part of its participation in the $900 million stock issue by heavily indebted US natural gas and energy company Chesapeake Energy.
Warburg, CITIC PE, Bohai, invest Tianjin DIY chain RedStar Macalline
A consortium of investors including Warburg Pincus, CITIC Private Equity Funds Management,and Bohai Industrial Investment Fund Management, as well as private conglomerate Shanghai Fosun High Technology (Group), have jointly invested RMB2.6 billion ($381...
Laskowski back for Citi in Asia
Citi has announced the appointment of veteran private equity banker Chris Laskowski as Head of its Financial Entrepreneurs Group Asia Pacific and COO for Global Banking in the region.
Shan joining Pacific Alliance as CEO
After earlier reports that he was going to form his own independent private equity firm, Weijian Shan, previously Managing Partner with TPG Capital in Hong Kong, is now going to join Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), the Hong Kong-headquartered private equity,...
Goldman, GIC pick up Taikang stake
A consortium of Goldman Sachs and a unit of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has fulfilled earlier predictions by winnng the auction of the 15.6% stake in the PRC's Taikang Life Insurance Corp. formerly owned by French insurance...
Taizinai ex-chairrman under arrest
Li Tuchun, former founding chairman of troubled Actis, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley drinks manufacturer investee Hunan Taizinai Group, has been arrested by mainland authorities on suspicion of embezzling state funds, according to PRC media reports....
Blackstone could exit Emcure
The Blackstone Group may be on the verge of exiting its first investment in India, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, following earlier reports that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. may be about to commit $50 million to the company - the same amount as Blackstone's...
KKR supports Sajjan Jindal India steel
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has made an INR650 crore ($140 million) commitment to India's Sajjan Jindal group, cited as India's richest private steel producer, in a structured sponsored finance package mixing debt, equity and cash, to support the group's...
CapAsia recruits 3i's Osborne, Pru's Martin
Fresh from its rebranding, infrastructure investor CapAsia, previously CIMB Standard Strategic Asset Advisors, has recruited two senior professionals, David Osborne, formerly Partner and head of the Asia buyout team at 3i Group, and Craig Martin, previously...