Taiwan exits: Tread carefully
AVCJ has devoted considerable space to the challenges tied to foreign private equity buyouts in Taiwan, highlighting industry concerns about an opaque approvals process and the subsequent calls for clearer guidance on where PE is capital is and isn’t welcome and how deals are assessed. The government has made all the right noises, but it remains to be seen whether regulators can change and then hold their mindset.
Buyouts emerged as a hot-button issue in the wake of a KKR-backed management buyout of Yageo in 2011 that was nixed by the government for reasons that have never been fully explained. Investor confidence...
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