2014: The year by numbers

JANUARY

$190m - IMM Private Equity buys a 21% stake in Korean cable TV operator T-Broad Holdings for $190m

3x - The Carlyle Group exits its stake in India's Tirumala Milk Products to Groupe Lactis for $275-300m, generating a 3x return

$100m - OCBC Bank launches its $100m fund under the Shanghai Qualified Foreign Limited Partner program

$18.4b - Apollo Global Management holds an $18.4b final close on its eighth global fund

$1.36b - China's Fosun pays $1.36b to buy Portuguese insurer Caixa Seguros e Saúde

$407m - Platinum Equity pays Australia's Telstra Corp $407m for a 70% stake in its directories unit, Sensis

$190m - NewQuest Capital acquires China Hydroelectric in a take-private deal that values the company at $190m

$120m - SoftBank leads a $120m Series B round for Chinese app platform Wandoujia

$887m - A group led by CITIC Capital completes its $887m take-private of China software firm AsiaInfo-Linkage

5x - KKR and Affinity exit Korea's Oriental Brewery to AB InBev for $5.8b, generating a more than 5x return

$285m - Carlyle raises $285m after making a partial exit from Hong Kong-listed Haier Electronics

$1.4b - EQT reaches a $1.4b close on its mid-market fund focusing on Asia and Northern Europe

FEBRUARY

$1.3b - Navis Capital Partners reaches a $1.3b final close on its seventh Asia fund

$493m - Japan Industrial Partners acquires Vaio, Sony's PC division, for an estimated $493m

$1.37b - Cerberus Capital Management exits Japanese property firm Kokusai Kogyo for around $1.37b

$100m - China fashion e-commerce firm Vancl raises $100m from Temasek, IDG, Ceyuan Ventures and SAIF Partners

$200m - Adveq buys 18,000 hectares of Australian almond orchards from Olam International for $200m

$199m - Tiger Global acquires stake in Alibaba Group from game developer Giant Interactive for $199m

$100m - Alibaba, Temasek, and Qiming invest $100m in China education platform TutorGroup

$262m - ClearVue Partners closes its first fund at $262m - exceeding its $200m target

$2.5b - Hopu Investment participates in a $2.5b investment in Global Logistic Properties' China business

20% - Tencent buys a 20% stake in Chinese VC-backed restaurant review site Dianping

$93.5m - Baring PE Asia sells its 41.7% stake in Cardig Aero Services to Singapore Airport Terminal Services for $93.5 million

$330m - An EQT Partners-led group acquires Australian radiology provider I-Med for $330m

MARCH

$758m - Quadrant Private Equity closes its seventh fund at $758m after just over one month in the market

$2.5b - Japan's GPIF forms a partnership with DBJ and OMERS to invest up to $2.5b in infrastructure assets

$1.93b - The Carlyle Group agrees to buy security systems provider Tyco International's South Korean unit for $1.93b

$215m - CVC raises $215 million by cutting its stake in Indonesian retailer Matahari Department Store

$325m - Fosun International acquires a 20.5% stake in dairy producer Beijing Sanyuan Foods for $325m

$330m - DCM closes its DCM Ventures China Fund VII at $330m, above its initial $250m target

$804m - Alibaba Group pays $804m for a 60% stake in Hong Kong-listed ChinaVision Media

$2.9b - A consortium including Baring PE Asia and Hony Capital takes Chinese game developer Giant Interactive private, valuing the business at around $2.9 billion

$500m - Qiming Venture Partners raises about $500m for its fourth US dollar-denominated China venture capital fund

$250m - NZ Super partners with KKR to commit up to $250m to oil and gas investments in North America

$5.7b - Temasek agrees to buy a 25% stake in A.S. Watson, a health and beauty retailer for $5.7b

$304m - Baring Private Equity Asia-backed school operator Nord Anglia Education raises $304m in its New York IPO

$692m - Alibaba Group invests $692m for a 34% stake in China department store Intime Retail Group operator backed by Singapore's GIC Private

APRIL

$1.67b - KKR completes its $1.67b acquisition of an 80% stake in Japan's Panasonic Healthcare

$200m - BVCF reaches a $200m final close for its third China life sciences fund

$550m - Vision Knight reaches a final $550m close on it second China fund

$250m - RRJ Capital and Temasek invest $250m in Chinese logistics player Shanghai Yupei Group

$250m - Insight Venture commits $250m to Australia's Campaign Monitor, a maker of email-marketing software

$350m - Matrix Partners reaches a final close on its third China VC fund at $350m 

$1b - Australia's Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) reaches a $1b first close on its fifth fund, which has an overal target of $2b

$300m - CVC Capital Partners completes its acquisition Chinese restaurant chain South Beauty for a reported $300m

$1.2b - Alibaba Group and Yunfeng Capital buy an 18.5% stake in online video firm Youku Tudou for $1.2b

$200 - EQT sells Taiwanese cable TV network Gala Television Corp to domestic conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group for $200m

MAY

$1.8n - RRJ Capital and Temasek invest $1.8b in NN Group , the insurance unit of Dutch lender ING Group

70% - Bain Capital buys 70% of Australia's Retail Zoo, the owner of health drink franchise Boost Juice Bars, from The Riverside Company

$400m - Emerald Hill Capital Partners reaches a final close of $400m on its third Asian fund-of-funds

$825m - India's Aion Capital Partners reaches an $825m final close on its maiden special situations fund

$662m - GGV reaches a final close of $622m on its fifth Sino-US fund

$235m - Global mid-market firm Riverside reaches a $235m final close on its second Asia fund

$3.5b - CVC Capital Partners holds a final close on its fourth pan-Asian fund at the hard cap of $3.5b

$500m - China VC Legend Capital reaches a final close of $500m on its sixth US dollar-denominated fund

$915m - SSG Capital Partners closes its third Asia special situations fund at the hard cap of $915m

$3.3b - TPG Capital closes its sixth pan-Asia fund at $3.3b after more than two years in the market

$919m - Pacific Equity Partners-owned cleaning and catering contractor Spotless raises $919m in its Australia IPO

$1.78b - PE-backed Chinese online retailer JD.com raises $1.78 billion in its US IPO

$1.1b - China-focused Yunfeng Capital reaches a final close of around $1.1 billion on its second fund

$1.1b - KKR buys Singapore's Goodpack, the world's largest makerof intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), for $1.1b

$416m - Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) exits Australia's Peters Ice Cream to UK ice cream company R&R for a reported $416m

JUNE

$525m - China VC Shunwei Capital Partner closes its second fund at $525m

$586m - IDG Capital Partners reaches a final close of $586m on its latest China venture capital fund

$321m - Yunfeng Capital and CITIC Private Equity invest $321m in a farming subsidiary of Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group

$1.2b - TPG Capital, PAG Asia Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) buy DTZ, the property services arm of Australia-listed UGL, for an enterprise valuation $1.2b

$192m - Quadrant Private Equity exits Australian pet supplies business City Farmers to veterinary services provider Greencross for $192m

100% - The Carlyle Group acquires a 100% stake in Japan's Sunsho Pharmaceutical for an undisclosed sum

$260m - Lightspeed China Partners reaches a final close of $260m on its second China fund, exceeding the target of $220m

$736m - Tencent pays $736 m for a 19.9% stake in Chinese VC-backed classifieds site 58.com

JULY

$106m - GIC Private and Olympus Capital Asia lead a $106m million Series D round of investment in China's Huaxia Dairy

$316m - NewQuest Capital Partners reaches a final close of $316m on its second fund, exceeding the $300m target

$764m - CDH Investments, CITIC Private Equity, New Horizon Capital and GIC Private make a partial exit from Luye Pharma Group as the Chinese drug maker raises $764m via a Hong Kong IPO

$1.7b - Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) closes its fourth Asian fund at $1.7b

$1.5b - Chinese PE firm Hony Capital buys restaurant chain Pizza Express from UK GP Cinven Partners for $1.5b

$608m - Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) sells Griffin's Foods to Philippines food and beverage conglomerate Universal Robina (URC) for $608m

$426m - Baring Private Equity Asia acquires a substantial stake in UK lifestyle retailer Cath Kidston from TA Associates in a deal valuing the business at $426m

$3.6b - Healthscope, an Australian hospital operator backed by TPG Capital and The Carlyle Group, raises $3.6b in its Australia IPO

$1b - Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart raises $1b in funding from new and existing backers

$800m - The Blackstone Group invests $800m in Malaysia-based oil and gas exploration start-up Tamarind Energy

AUGUST

$300m - CVC Capital Partners raises as much as $300m as it further cuts its stake in Indonesia's Matahari Department Store

$124m - Rundong Auto Group, a China car dealership chain backed by KKR, raises $124m in its Hong Kong IPO

$750m - Baring Private Equity Asia buys a $750m stake in Grenada-based medical St George's University alongside Canadian private equity firm Atlas

$333m - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) buys a 10% stake in e-commerce incubator Rocket Internet for $333m

$925m - Dairy Farm International buys a 19.9% stake in Headland Capital-backed Chinese supermarket Yonghui Superstore for $925m

$200m - Carlyle and Tiger Global Management invest $200m Chinese mobile classifieds site Ganji.com

$117m - TPG Capital invests about $117m in Union Bank of Colombo (UBC) in Sri Lanka's largest-ever PE buyout

$488m - Warburg Pincus and a unit of China steel producer Shanghai Baosteel Group buy industrial gas assets from Henan Jinkai Chemical Investment Holding for $488m

$920b - Orchid Asia closes its sixth China growth capital fund, hitting the hard cap of $920m

$400m - KKR pays $400m for an 18% stake in Chinese chicken producer Fujian Sunner Development

SEPTEMBER

$314m - Affinity Equity Partners pays $314 million for a 35% interest in Virgin Australia's frequent flyer program

3x - Providence Equity makes a part exit from Indian mobile network Idea Cellular selling a $234m stake and generating a 3x return

$3.9b - The Carlyle Group reaches a final close on its fourth Asian fund at $3.9b

$648m - MLC, a unit of National Australia Bank (NAB) sells a $648m portfolio of PE investments to Partners Group

9x - Mekong Capital generates a 9x return as it exits its stake in Vietnam restaurant chain Golden Gate to Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) for $35m

$25b - PE-backed Alibaba Group raises $25b in its US IPO

$466m - KKR agrees to buy Japanese electronics manufacturer Pioneer Corporation's DJ equipment division for $466m

$260m - Warburg Pincus and Tiger Global Management invest $260m in China car auction platform Youxipai.com

8x - Japan's J-Star exits Burn Holdings, a repair business, to Shinsei Corporate Investment and Creation Capital; the return multiple is 8x

$600m - Affinity Equity Partners buys a significant minority stake in Malaysia-based poultry producer Leong Hup International for $600m

OCTOBER

$501m - Marunouchi Capital exits Japanese high-end supermarket chain Seijo Ishii to convenience store giant Lawson for $501m

$900m - IDFC Alternatives reaches a final close on its second Indian core infrastructure fund at $900m

$130m - Indian mid-market GP Gaja Capital reaches a $130 million first close on its second fund

$900m - South Korean GP Hahn & Co reaches a first close of approximately $900m on its second fund

$200m - Navis Capital Partners exits Trio Engineered Products to Weir Group for $220m

80% - Bain Capital acquires an 80% interest in China-based Lionbridge Financial Leasing

$3.5b - Permira exits Japanese agri-chemicals firm Arysta LifeSciences to Platform Specialty Products for $3.5b

$100m - SoftBank leads $100m round of funding for Indonesian online marketplace Tokpedia

$350m - Chinese mobile shopping portal Koudai Gouwu raises a $350m Series C round of funding

$627m - SoftBank Group invests $627m in Indian e-commerce site Snapdeal

NOVEMBER

$391m - GIC Private pays $391m for a 9.64% stake in Philippines liquor producer Emperador

$400m - Bain Capital raises $400m through a partial exit from India's Hero MotoCorp

$760m - Baring Private Equity Asia buys Japan's Bushu Pharmaceuticals from Tokio Marine Capital for $670m

$692m - MBK Partners exits Japanese accounting software firm Yayoi to Orix Corp. for $692m

$653m - The Blackstone Group agrees buys the chemicals division of Australian explosive company Orica for $653m

$433m - Japanese electronics chain Nojima buys mobile phone retailer ITX from Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) for $433m

$1.25b - Affinity Equity Partners exits Australian meats producer Primo Group to Brazil's JBS for an enterprise valuation of $1.25b

$150m - The Blackstone Group invests $150 in Australian retirement village developer National Lifestyle Villages

$150m - CVC Capital Partners acquires a 50% stake in Japanese telecommunications carrier Arteria Networks for $150m

DECEMBER

$700m - Temasek, DST Global and Tencent Holdings lead a $700m round of funding for Didi Dache, a Chinese taxi-booking app

$700m - Temasek leads a $249m round for Southeast Asia-based online retailer Lazada, taking the total raised since inception to $700m

$697m - TPG Capital agrees to sell its stake in China Grand Automotive Services to a Haitong International-led group for $697m

$618.9m - Capital Today, DST Advisors and Hillhouse Capital Management raise $618.9 million through a follow-on offering in China's JD.com

$610m - A consortium including Hony Capital, Goldman Sachs and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board agrees to invest $610m in Chinese medical device maker Neusoft

$300m - BlackRock Private Equity Partners leads a $300m round of funding for Coupang, South Korea's largest online retailer

$250m - SoftBank Corp. commits $250m to Southeast Asia-focused mobile taxi-booking platform GrabTaxi

38% - A Fosun-led consortium offers EUR23.5 per share for Club Med, up 38% on its initial bid submitted last year

26% - Chinese VC-backed mobile dating app Momo gains 26% on its first day of trading on NASDAQ following a $216 million IPO

10wks - Crescent Capital Partners reaches a final close on its fifth Australia and New Zealand-focused fund at $565 million after only 10 weeks in the market

2 - The Carlyle Group buys a majority stake in India-based publisher Newgen KnowledgeWorks, taking ownership of the business for a second time

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