Breaking down the buyout opportunity
Multinational corporations, with one eye on their precarious balance sheets, decide to cut their losses and offload divisions. Septuagenarian founders, keen to retire from the family business but with no obvious successor, agree that it's time to cash out.Entrepreneurs, who rose to prominence supported by strong economic tailwinds, conclude that it is harder to go solo in tougher commercial conditions.
These are the three oft-stated drivers of PE buyout deal flow in Asia. But is the hype about increased control deals in a region traditionally dominated by minority growth investments borne out by the...
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