Buyouts
GOME reappoints Bain directors after eviction attempt
The board of Bain Capital investee GOME Electrical Appliances reappointed Bain representative non-executive directors Jonathan Zhu, Ian Reynolds and Wang Li Hong after two significant affiliated shareholders voted against their reappointment at the company's...
Catalyst picks up Actrol Parts
Australia's Catalyst Investment Managers has 100% acquired Actrol Parts, a wholesaler and distributor of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems and components, from parent GSA Industries, for an undisclosed amount.
CVC fastens Acument Asian assets deal
CVC Capital Partners has won an auction against Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Unitas Capital for the Asian assets of fastener manufacturer Acument Global Technologies, estimated at around $300 million.
Quadrangle outbid for Oz AAPT
TMT specialist Quadrangle Group has emerged as the private equity firm bidding for AAPT, an Australian carrier network operator owned by Telecom New Zealand, but saw its bid trumped by Australia's TPG Telecom.
KDB Consus takes Kumho Life for $435 million
A fund backed by the Korea Development Bank, KDB Consus, has taken a 65.5% stake in Kumho Life Insurance, a division of Korea's struggling Kumho Asiana Group, for $435 million.
Japan PE picks up Kyushu hotel
Japan Private Equity, a buyout unit of Japan Asia Investment Co. (JAIC), has acquired Central Hotel Sasebo in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture, through a regional fund focused on the western island of Kyushu.
Deal drivers across Asia Pacific
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NZ Yellow Pages LBO debt in standstill deal
Bank lenders who provided the leverage for CCMP Capital Partners Asia (now Unitas Capital) and Teachers' Private Capital's 2007 LBO of New Zealand's Yellow Pages Group have agreed to a standstill on debt repayments until end May.
ANZ targeting KEB?
Lone Star Funds' protracted exit from controversial investee Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) has taken a fresh twist with reports that Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is planning a $4 billion bid for its controlling stake in the asset.
Goldman $1.08 billion KNM deal falls through
Goldman Sachs's already-announced $1.08 billion investment in Malaysian oil and gas business KNM Group Bhd. has collapsed, apparently due to pricing disagreements.
Carlyle Taiwan Mobile deal needs new solution
Taiwan's Taiwan's media and broadcasting regulator, the National Communications Commission, has ruled that the Carlyle Group and Taiwan Mobile must find an acceptable solution to the regulatory problems stalling a planned $1 billion investment.
KKR after Firstsource
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is seeking a stake of up to 68% in Indian BPO player Firstsource Solutions from existing investors, in a deal that could fetch up to $250 million.
Capacity limits in AsiaPac?
A blast from the (recent) past blew in from the US last week, with the news that US investment group Fraser Sullivan had issued the first collateralized loan obligation (CLO) from a major financial house in over a year.
Investec Wentworth FOF moves from wine to wires
Australian mid-market firm Investec Wentworth Private Equity, part of the Investec group, has repositioned its First Opportunity Fund (FOF), an ASX-listed vehicle hitherto known as the First Wine Fund, as a backdoor listing platform for unlisted wholesale...
Mid-cap vs buyouts: may the best financing win
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Denham invests Trans-Tasman
Leading US specialist mining, energy and commodities investor Denham Capital Management has committed an unconfirmed amount for a 48% stake in New Zealand's Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd (TTR), a company focused on developing seabed iron sands deposits...
New Silk Route may take Temasek, Kotak, New Vernon out of INX
New Silk Route Partners has begun talks with fellow investors in India's struggling INX Media, Temasek Holdings, Kotak Private Equity and New Vernon Private Equity, to buy them out of the business.
Unison picks up bigger Ucom stake
Japanese independent buyout firm Unison Capital is picking up a controlling stake in Ucom Corp., a local fiber optic Internet comms business, from parent Usen Corp.
Carlyle Taiwan Mobile deal hits snag
The Carlyle Group's $1 billion investment into Taiwan Mobile, the island's second largest mobile carrier, has encountered a regulatory problem related to the target's part-public ownership.
Future Fund exit upsets Transurban bid
CPP IB, OTPP still working
CVC AP Matahari deal approved after regulatory delay
CVC Asia Pacific's planned $773 million investment into Indonesian retail chain Matahari has been approved at a shareholder meeting, after regulators initially asked for the vote to be delayed.
Goldman-backed bid for Malaysia's KNM unresolved
A $1.08 billion MBO for Malaysian oil and gas services company KNM Group by a consortium backed by Goldman Sachs's private equity arm has passed a due diligence deadline without a firm offer.
CVC AP exiting Minit: Advent in frame
CVC Asia Pacific is reportedly seeking to sell off its Japan-headquartered pan-Asian shoe repair and key-cutting investee Minit Asia Pacific, with Advent International and local firm Wise Partners apparently among the bidders, in an auction likely to...
Asian buyers are back
TPG, CVC AP exits show regional corporate appetite