Investments
Hony picks up c.30% of Singapore's Biosensors International
Hony Captal, the leading China-focused private equity firm, has acquired a 29.47% stake in Biosensors International Group, Ltd., a leading medical device company in Singapore, in a deal estimated at around $218.3 million.
VC-backed Dangdang plans $1 billion NASDAQ IPO
Dangdang, China's largest online book retailer, reportedly will debut on NASDAQ next month, aiming to raise $1 billion.
Pension funds butt heads in $7.4 billion takeover battle for Malaysian highway operator PLUS
Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has teamed with local infrastructure firm United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM) Group - a fully owned subsidy of SWF Khazanah Nasional - to launch a MYR23 billion ($7.4 billion) takeover bid for Malaysian highway...
Macquarie retrenches infrastructure vehicles
Macquarie Group has made a broad pullback in the infrastructure fund sector that has been long associated with the Australian investment bank. Changes include offering investors a fee discount; sacking 60 of its infrastructure staff, around 10% of the...
Sequoia-controlled Mecox Lane raises $129 milllion in NASDAQ IPO
Sequoia Capital-controlled Mecox Lane Ltd., China’s largest mail order service provider, raised $129 million, or $11 per share, from its IPO, offering American depositary shares on NASDAQ.
Blackstone-backed China National BlueStar intends to buy Norwegian solar cell maker
China National BlueStar, the Chinese specialty chemicals company partly owned by US buyout firm the Blackstone Group, is reportedly in talks to acquire some or all of Norwegian solar cell maker Elkem AS, owned by a Norwegian conglomerate Orkla ASA.
Foster's still open to private equity offers for wine unit
David Crawford, Chairman of Australia's Foster's Group, publicly said the company will still entertain offers from private equity groups for its wine business, while repeating that a c.$2.46 billion offer, reportedly from Cerberus Capital Management,...
South Korea's Woori starts sale process for majority stake
South Korean officials have stated that the government will begin the sale of its 57% stake in Woori Financial Holdings, the nation’s third-largest financial services group, this week, as part of a planned privatization.
China's NewMargin Ventures gets $105 million from Western Mining stake sale
NewMargin Ventures, the Beijing-based VC firm, and NewMargin Mining Co.,Ltd., together the third largest shareholders in Western Mining of Xining, Qinghai province in northwest China, have both sold their holdings, trimming down their stakes to 5.01%...
Japan Industrial Partners buys Kyowa Hakko Kirin chemical unit
Japan Industrial Partners, a Tokyo-based private equity firm specializing in business restructuring, has reached a basic agreement to acquire 100% of Kyowa Hakko Chemical, wholly owned by parent Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., a major fermented chemicals manufacturer.
MBK exits CNS to Want Want in 2010's biggest Asia result
MBK Partners has completed its exit from Taiwanese cable investee China Network Systems (CNS), selling its 60% stake to the head of local conglomerate Want Want China Holdings for $2.4 billion in 2010's largest Asian private equity exit, and nixing expectations...
Australia's ATO says will clarify tax issues after TPG Myer debacle
The Australian Taxation Office is due to issue its final determination on taxation of private equity profits, following the incident last year when the office launched a last-minute pursuit of TPG Capital over some $625 million of claimed unpaid tax and...
Perpetual brands KKR's $1.73 billion takeover bid as low, yet considers deal
Australian investment group Perpetual Ltd. has branded the $1.73 billion takeover offer by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) as too low, but has said that it will continue negotiations in possible hopes of eliciting a higher bid.
SGX, ASX agree Asia's first ever stock market merger
The Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have agreed to Asia Pacific's first-ever merger of stock exchanges, with a friendly takeover offer from SGX that values ASX at A$8.4 billion ($8.2 billion).
ARC China invests over $4 million in English education provider Guanya Education
ARC China, the Shanghai-based investment management group, has invested over $4 million in Guanya Education Group, a leading children’s English education company in northeast China.
Blackstone and Warburg Pincus-backed Kosmos Energy receives $5 billion bid from CNOOC
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), China’s third largest oil SOE, and Ghana National Petroleum Corp. have jointly bid in cash to acquire the Ghanaian assets of Kosmos Energy, whose Dallas-based parent is controlled by Warburg Pincus and the...
Advent weighs buying QB barbershop chain from ORIX
ORIX Corp., the Japanese leasing and financial conglomerate, is reportedly selling QB Net Co., the operator of a discount barbershop chain, in a deal that could be worth JPY10 billion ($123 million), with PE firm Advent International as a potential buyer,...
VC-backed PRC tutoring firm TAL Education makes strong NYSE debut
Tiger Global Management- and KTB Ventures-backed TAL Education Group, a Chinese tutoring firm, raised $120 million from its debut on the New York Stock Exchange, outperforming expectations as it closed 50% higher than its IPO listing price.
Archer Capital-owned DairyWest buys Brownes from Fonterra
Archer Capital-owned Australian dairy player DairyWest is set to acquire Perth-based dairy producer Brownes from sector giant Fonterra for an undisclosed price.
CIC benefits as AIA HK IPO prices high
China Investment Corporation (CIC) stands to benefit as a key investor as insurer AIA, the Asian arm of troubled American International Group (AIG), priced at the top of its range, valuing the company at some $30.5 billion, amid heavy investor demand.
MSPE Sihuan Pharma IPO looks to strong healthcare exit
Morgan Stanley Private Equity investee Sihuan Pharmaceutical is on track to raise $741 million, potentially rising to $850 million if a greenshoe option is exercised, after pricing its IPO high at 26.7x next year's earnings, in the world's second largest...
Japan's Next Capital Partners gets 4x return from KASCO exit
Next Capital Partners (NCP), the Japan-based mid-market control turnaround manager, will sell portfolio company KASCO Co., Ltd, a Japanese golf-related equipment manufacturer, to Mamiya-OP Company Ltd. (Mamiya), a listed Japanese manufacturer of electronic...
Temasek divests 9.6% stake in Hana Financial Group
Singaporean SWF Temasek Holdings has fully exited its 9.6% stake in Korean banking major Hana Financial Group for $607 million on the public market, at an approximate 3.5% discount to Hana’s last closing price.
Korea Advanced Materials Fund raises $36 million from venture investors
Korea Advanced Materials Fund has received $35.9 million from international chemicals group Solvay, Korea Venture Investment Corp (KVIC) and AJU IB Investment, a Korean VC company formerly known as Kibo Technology.