Investments
Alinta's future hinges on private equity consortium deal
Australian power generation company Alinta Energy Group has been in talks with TPG Capital’s debt investment arm, TPG Opportunities Partners, to restructure the company, pending the outcome of an earlier proposal by the company for trade sales plus an...
Foster's tells private equity firms wine bids are corked
Australian beverages major Foster’s Group’s plans to divest its Treasury Wine Estates wine estate, which owns the Lindemans, Rosemount, Penfolds and Wolf Blass brands, has not been the PE win many firms had hoped for.
Milestone Capital invests Chennai's Pelican Group for affordable housing
India's Milestone Capital Partners has invested INR20 crore ($4.3 million) in Pelican Group, a Chennai-based real estate developer, to fund expansion in the affordable/social housing segment through its Pelican Affordable Housing unit.
TPG gets green light for Vishal
TPG Capital's protracted bid to pick up assets from India's struggling Vishal Retail group appears finally concluded, as Vishal's board approved the sale of its wholesale, institutional sales and franchise businesses to the private equity firm.
Hopu investee Winsway gets $120 million pre-IPO funding
Winsway, a Beijing-headquartered coking coal logistics company invested by Hopu Investment Management, has raised $120 million in pre-IPO investments, ahead of its roughly $800 million stock offering, according to a term sheet.
Permira makes third Asia investment with Asia Broadcast Satellite
European buyout firm Permira Advisers has acquired Asia Broadcast Satellite Ltd.'s (ABS) holding company from Citi Venture Capital International and debt investment firm ADM Capital, becoming the majority shareholder in the business.
TPG, Oaktree, Anchorage ready to back Alinta recap
TPG Capital - through its TPG Opportunities Partners special situations vehicle and private equity funds - with Oaktree Capital and Anchorage Advisers are preparing a recapitalization deal for Australian power generator Alinta Energy, previously Babcock...
Cerberus misses Foster's wine business, TPG, KKR in frame
Cerberus Capital Management, the US buyout firm specializing in turnaround investments, was the private equity firm that offered to buy 100% of the Treasury Wine Estates unit of Australia’s largest beer maker, Foster's Group, for up to $2.5 billion, with...
CITIC PE takes four coal miners in Shaanxi at a discount
CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co., Ltd. (CITIC PE), the second largest industrial investment subsidiary of major PRC conglomerate CITIC Group, will acquire four medium-to-large size state-owned coal companies in Shaanxi province.
First Eastern backs Japanese low-cost airline with ANA
First Eastern Investment Group, the leading private equity firm based in Hong Kong and headed by Victor Chu, will take a 33.3% stake in Japan’s first-ever budget airline company alongside All Nippon Airways (ANA), which will hold 39%.
Lunar Capital-backed juicer BPG Food & Beverages and Asian Citrus link via MOU
Lunar Capital-backed BPG Food & Beverages Holdings Ltd. has entered into a memorandum of understanding that may result in its sale to Asian Citrus, the largest orange plantation owner and orange producer in China.
Actis and Sequoia look to divest from FMCG firm Paras Pharmaceuticals
PE firms Actis Capital and Sequoia Capital are reportedly set to sell their 70% stake in Indian FMCG firm Paras Pharmaceuticals for as much as $800 million.
ChrysCapital partially divests from Bajaj Auto Finance
PE firm ChrysCapital Management has reportedly made a partial exit from its holding Bajaj Auto Finance, selling approximately half of its 9% stake in the company for $24 million to Bajaj Finserv, the financial services arm of the Bajaj Group.
Oz Foster's rejects $2.46b wine offer from new PE player
Foster's Group, Australia's largest beer maker, has turned down a buyout proposal for its Treasury Wine Estates unit of up to A$2.7 billion ($2.46 billion), reportedly from an unnamed US private equity player hitherto inactive in the region.
HDFC, Ojas among Series B-round investors in Tyfone
HDFC, a division of India’s HDFC Bank which additionally counts Temasek Holdings as an investor, as well as Polaris Software Lab and Ojas Venture Partners, is set to inject $5 million into mobile payment firm Tyfone Inc. as part of a Series B round of...
Hony Capital commits $112 million to China Golden department store
Hony Capital, the leading Chinese buyout firm , has closed its PIPE investment of $112 million into China Golden Development Holdings Ltd., a local department store operator.
Indian hospital operater Fortis considers listing real estate investment trust
Indian hospital operator Fortis Healthcare – which lost the months’ long battle for Singaporean hospital asset Parkway Holdings to Malaysian SWF Khazanah Nasional in July – is considering listing its hospital land and building assets in Singapore through...
Reliance/GTL deal off
The $11 billion merger of Reliance Infratel, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's cellular tower arm, and Indian independent telecoms major GTL Infrastructure, has been called off after parties failed to reach an agreement, nixing prospects for investment...
Oz Future Fund, two others invest $576 million in new UK capital lender
Australian sovereign wealth fund the Future Fund, as well as Lord Rothschild and UK buyout leader Apax Partner’s founder Sir Ronald Cohen have together invested EUR450 million ($576 million) in Haymarket Financial, known as HayFin, a new start-up specialist...
Coke picks up Japan's Q'sai juice maker
Coca-Cola West has bought out Daiwa Corporate Investment and Polaris Principal Finance-backed Japanese vegetable juice maker Q’sai for JPY63.9 billion ($757 million), which includes JPY28 billion ($331 million) of debt.
Aureos invests $2.2 million in Thai data center provider
Emerging markets-focused Aureos South-East Asia Managers Ltd. has invested $2.2 million in Thai data center provider Unitrio Technology Co. Ltd. from its South East Asia Fund.
Nan Shan a no-go for Primus
The sale of AIG's Nan Shan Life Insurance unit to China Strategic and Primus Financial Holdings was poised to be one of Asia’s biggest private equity deals of the year, but following regulators’ rejection of a consortium’s $2.15 billion bid, it may still...
Hero Honda's motor stalled
Honda’s motor has reportedly stalled in its attempt to divest its 26.21% stake in its Indian Hero Honda subsidiary as Honda, Hero Honda’s promoters, and private equity suitors have not agreed on the valuation of the stake.
3G Capital gets Burger King
A US private equity firm, 3G Capital Management, has agreed to a $3.3 billion buyout of Burger King, with a $4 billion price tag including assumption of debt that will make it the largest LBO of a fast food chain in the world, with the buyer's big plans...