Buyouts
Archer-owned Australian Aged Care buys Lend Lease's care unit
Australian Aged Care Partners, an Archer Capital portfolio company, has agreed to buy property group Lend Lease's aged care unit for A$270 million ($276 million). The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of March 2013.
Carlyle-backed China Fishery in $277m Peruvian deal
China Fishery, an industrial fishing company part-owned by The Carlyle Group, will pay $555.8 million for Peruvian counterpart Copeinca. The acquisition will make China Fishery the largest player in the world’s largest market by volume for fishmeal...
AID Partners buys HMV's Asia operations
AID Partners has bought music and movie retailer HMV's operations in Hong Kong and Singapore, plus all its licenses in mainland China, Macau and Taiwan.
Going walkabout: Australian outbound investment
Taking portfolio companies from Australia into Asia represents a major opportunity for private equity. Pan-regional funds see it as a key part of their strategy, but can domestic players join the party?
Leveraged finance: New faces, slower processes
The withdrawal of Western banks from Australia's leveraged financing market has created opportunities for others. A general sense of caution means that, while debt is available, it won't necessarily come quickly
Carlyle upbeat on Japan, expects to launch new fund in 2013
The Carlyle Group says it has already begun preliminary talks with investors for a third Japan fund, and remains upbeat about opportunities in the country's buyout space.
Morgan Stanley in control deal for Korean paper maker
Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korean bathroom tissue producer Monalisa for KRW91.4 billion ($84.2 million). The seller is Kwang-ho Kim, the company’s CEO, who will also exit two unlisted entities...
OTPP closes in on Leighton's telecom assets
Australian contractor Leighton Holdings is in exclusive negotiations to sell 70% of its telecom assets Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), for around A$620 million ($634 million).
CMIA, China Merchants complete China Farm take-private
CMIA Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings have completed the privatization of Singapore-listed agriculture machinery manufacturer China Farm Equipment (CFE), following an investment of $23 million.
Orix beats PE firms to buy Rabobank's Robeco
Orix has bought the asset management arm of Rabobank, Robeco, for EUR1.9 billion ($2.5 billion). The Japanese financial services firm will acquire a 90.1% stake in the company while Rabobank will retain 9.9%.
AGCA, secondary investors buy CS legacy assets
Three years after Credit Suisse's Asia private equity team spun out, the assets they were tasked with managing have followed suit. Supported by HarbourVest Partners and Axiom Asia, Asia Growth Capital Advisors (AGCA) has acquired a portfolio of eight...
Zhongpin delays take-private deal, drops go-shop provision
Zhongpin, the NASDAQ-listed Chinese pork producer that is subject to a PE-backed management buyout bid, has amended the deal to allow more time for completion and prevent directors from sourcing competing offers. The valuation of $502 million is unchanged.
Macquarie, SBI to buy majority stake in GMR Jadcherla Expressways
Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund (MSIF) has agreed to buy a 74% stake in GMR Jadcherla Expressways from Bangalore-based infrastructure major GMR Group.
Reserve Bank of Australia sells subsidiary to PE-backed Innovia
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is to sell its 50% stake in Securency International, a company which produces polymer-based print material for banknotes, to Innovia Films, a UK packaging manufacturer backed by Arle Capital Partners. Innovia already...
3SBio board agrees to CITIC PE-backed buyout
The board of NASDAQ-listed Chinese biotechnology firm 3SBio has agreed to a privatization bid tabled by Jing Lou, its CEO, and CITIC Private Equity. The deal values the company at $340 million.
Paine-backed Costa to buy Adelaide Mushrooms
The Costa Group, an Australian fresh produce company backed by global private equity firm Paine & Partners, is to acquire Adelaide Mushrooms. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
CITIC Capital Japan-backed Tri-Wall acquires DS Smith unit
Tri-Wall, a Hong Kong-headquartered heavy-duty cardboard manufacturer backed by CITIC Capital Partners, has acquired the UK Tri-Wall unit of British packaging firm D.S. Smith.
Q&A: Tata Opportunities Fund's Mukund Rajan
India’s private equity industry has suffered criticism from disappointed LPs in the last couple of years. Mukund Rajan, managing partner of Tata Opportunities Fund, identifies a few positives
CVC in largest-ever Philippines buyout - update
CVC Capital Partners has agreed to buy an 80% stake in SPi Global Holdings, a business process outsourcing (BPO) unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), in what is the Philippines' largest-ever buyout deal. The transaction values SPi...
Blackstone buys majority stake Maldives seaplane operator
The Blackstone Group has acquired a majority stake in two Maldives-based seaplane operators, Maldivian Air Taxi (MAT) and Tran Maldivian Airways (TMA).
Trafigura subsidiary buys Ausfuel from Archer Capital
Archer Capital has exited Ausfuel to Puma Energy, a subsidiary of Trafigura, for a reported cash sum of $650 million. The Australian GP acquired a majority stake in the company from CHAMP Ventures in 2010, paying around A$120 million ($125 million).
China's Cathay Fortune abandons Discovery Metals bid
Cathay Fortune Corporation (CFC), the private equity group founded by Chinese billionaire Yong Yu, has abandoned its A$830 million ($848 million) takeover bid for Australian copper miner Discovery Metals. Discovery shares plummeted as much as 7.5% to...
Chinese firms say red tape hinders M&A in Europe – survey
More than three-quarters of Chinese companies encounter operating difficulties in the EU while nearly half have been obstructed by regulatory issues, according to a survey by the EU Chamber of Commerce in China. The findings represent a mixed blessing...
Caterpillar's China scandal draws attention to ex-PE asset IMM
International Mining Machinery (IMM), a Chinese mining equipment manufacturer acquired by Joy Global from private equity investors in 2011, has been thrust into the spotlight as a result of Caterpillar’s China accounting scandal.