Articles by Paul Mackintosh
3i picks up Mizuho Investment for Europe debt
3i Group has acquired a unit of Japan's Mizuho Corporate Bank, Mizuho Investment Management (UK), which specializes in European debt, for some GBP18.3 million ($28.68 million).
3i plans RMB fund under Queen's blueprint
UK private equity major 3i Group is planning to launch a renminbi-denominated fund as part of an overall two-year plan, announced 3i CEO Michael Queen, coming alongside the second Indian infrastructure fund expected since March this year.
Tokio Marine plans mid-cap buyout fund for Japan
Tokio Marine Holdings, one of Japan's leading insurance companies, is targeting to raise a JPY50 billion ($590 million) buyout fund, its fourth, through its Tokio Marine Capital unit, to invest in mid-cap Japanese companies.
Bahrain's Al Baraka may seek Malaysian, Indonesian banks
Bahrain's foremost publicly traded Islamic bank, Al Baraka Banking Group, may be seeking to spend up to $200 million on buying banks in Malaysia and Indonesia, according to the bank's CEO.
Blue Sky engages Bain's Shand as associate director
Australia's Blue Sky Private Equity, the SME- and mid-cap-focused direct investment arm of Brisbane's BlueSky Funds Management, has recruited Robert Shand, formerly a consultant with Bain & Co., as an associate director.
Achuthan forms Achuthan & Co. for India, Southeast Asia investment
Hari Achuthan, previously a director with the private equity group at Credit Suisse Asset Management, is forming a private equity firm, Achuthan & Co., to invest in India and Southeast Asia.
TutorVista taps ICICI, NEA, Temasek, others in $50 million round
Indian educational platform TutorVista Global has attracted interest from firms including Baring Private Equity Asia, ICICI Venture, New Enterprise Associates and Singapore's GIC and Temasek Holdings, as well as existing investors such as Lightspeed Ventures...
Partners Group finances Newcastle Coal in Australia
Partners Group, the Zug-headquartered Swiss private markets investment management group, has financed the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group in Australia with an A$27 million ($25 million) subordinated debt facility, to build a new coal export terminal...
Metmin plans exit as Tecpro goes IPO
Indian private equity investor Metmin Investments is planning a partial exit on a five-year investment in Tecpro Systems Ltd., the Indian bulk solids handling company also invested by Avigo Capital, Credit Suisse, Kotak Mahindra Capital and the Macquarie...
Helix backs Hi-Rel Electronics MBO in India
Helix Investments is injecting $11 million into India's Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. to back a management buyout of the Ahmedabad-based industrial automation, power supply and power control company.
HSBC PE Asia spins out to management
HSBC has followed through on its plan, first discussed internally in June this year, to spin out its private equity divisions, at least in Asia, with the sale by HSBC Holdings of 80.1% of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Ltd. to Foci Holdings, an SPV backed...
Indonesia Case Study: Astra International
Astra International today is a $25 billion diversified conglomerate, and the star performer of the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
Country Risk Check: Indonesia
With GPs and LPs gung-ho for Indonesia while memories of post-1997 chaos there still linger, the market needs a risk check to assess the actual degrees of uncertainty in the country: whether dangers of another Asian financial crisis-style national collapse,...
Banks far down the spinout trail?
HSBC Private Equity Asia's spinout comes as no surprise.
Affinity, TPG investee UTAC seeks to relist in Singapore
Affinity Equity Partners and TPG Capital investee United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) is seeking to relist in Singapore in an IPO likely to raise up to $600 million, three years after its 2007 privatization, according to reports.
Alinta investors still in talks
TPG Capital – both its TPG Opportunities Partners debt unit and its private equity funds – Oaktree Capital, and Anchorage Advisers are still in talks with Bain Capital affiliate Sankaty Advisors and other debt holders about distressed Australian power...
ANZ/KEB due diligence ongoing
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is continuing its due diligence for the potential purchase of a 57.27% stake in Lone Star Funds investee Korea Exchange Bank.
HSBC sells HSBC Private Equity Asia unit to management
HSBC Holdings has announced the sale of 80.1% of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Ltd. to the management team of HSBC Private Equity, for a price tag of around $18.8 million, executing a spinout plan first reported in June.
Navis completes exit from Linatex
Navis Capital Partners has completed its exit from investee Linatex to the UK's Weir Group, for $200 million, following a regulatory approval from South Africa's Competition Commission.
Bain's Sankaty opposes TPG-led Alinta rescue in Australia
Sankaty Advisors, the special situations/credit affiliate of Bain Capital, is opposing the bailout plan led by TPG Capital's TPG Opportunities Partners unit, with Oaktree Capital and Anchorage Advisers, for struggling Australian power producer Alinta...
Northstar sells stake in Sumber Alfaria in Indonesia
Indonesian private equity firm Northstar Pacific Partners has sold a 28.52% stake in local-listed retail business PT Sumber Alfaria to a consortium of five foreign buyers, receiving INR448.46 billion ($50 million) or almost a 203% return on its investment....
StepStone opens Beijing office, recruits Su for Managing Director role
Leading customized portfolio management and fund of funds firm StepStone Group has appointed Weichou Su, formerly an MD with China-focused investment banking and private equity firm the Hina Group, as Managing Director for its new Beijing office, which...
Taisho, others assessing Actis, Sequoia India investee Paras Pharma
Japanese pharma major Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., as well as at least one other leading non-Indian drug firm, is conducting due diligence on Actis Capital and Sequoia Capital investee Paras Pharmaceuticals, in a competitive exit process that could...
Archer, Ironbridge may join WSN Environmental auction
Australian private equity firms Archer Capital and Ironbridge Capital may participate in the upcoming auction of WSN Environmental Solutions, the state-owned company providing recycling and environmental services in the Greater Sydney area.