Investments
Valiant to take SME Fuji Foods private
Tokyo-based SME-focused buyout firm Valiant Partners plans to take Fuji Foods Co., a producer and distributor of cooked foods, private through an MBO.
Parkway Holdings playing hardball
The leading contenders to take majority control of Singaporean hospital management firm Parkway Holdings Ltd. have separately experienced hurdles in their quest to obtain their acquisition target, extending the highly contested race that began in March.
Khazanah may pick up Amanresorts
Malaysian SWF Khazanah Nasional, which has been more and more active in direct investments over the past 18 months, is now seeking to pick up a controlling stake in luxury resort chain Amanresorts from its current owner, Indian real estate developer DLF...
BC Partners-backed Fitness First contemplates APAC IPO
BC Partners-owned Fitness First is reportedly planning to debut onto the Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai or Sydney stock exchanges in an IPO that could raise as much as $1.8 billion.
ICICI may exit I-Ven Pharma to Dr. Reddy's Labs
ICICI Venture is reportedly considering selling its 100% stake in I-Ven Pharma Capital Ltd. to its partner Dr. Reddy's Labs (DRL), which would be the latest in a string of exits by the Indian private equity firm.
GIC to defer preferential investment in Fortis
The Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC) is aiming to defer its $82 million preferential investment in Indian hospital management firm Fortis Healthcare, the latest turn in the highly contested race to take control of Parkway Holdings.
Avigo closes third fund at $240 million
Delhi-based Avigo Capital Partners has closed its Avigo SME Fund III at $240 million, to be committed to investments into mid-market firms, according to reports.
ORIX plans Tokyo Star investment, partnership
ORIX Corp., the Japanese investment and financial services firm, is investing JPY10 billion ($111 million) into Advantage Partners investee Tokyo Star Bank, alongside a plan to form a corporate turnaround arm at the bank.
ICICI exits Metropolis Healthcare after Warburg Pincus investment
ICICI Venture is to fully divest from India’s Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., following Warburg Pincus’s move to inject $85 million into the laboratories chain.
KKR nixes CVC partnership on Healthscope
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has said that CVC Capital Partners will not be participating in a bid for Australia's Healthscope, estimated at potentially up to A$1.84 billion ($1.56 billion), with KKR continuing on the bid by itself.
Bain exits Feixiang Chemicals ahead of Rhodia acquistion
Bain Capital is set to offload its investment in China's Feixiang Chemicals ahead of the company's full acquisition by French chemical developer Rhodia for $489 million.
Baring India close to Oriental Tollways deal
Baring Private Equity Partners India is preparing to invest some INR370 crore ($80 million) in Oriental Tollways, part of the 30-year-old Oriental Structural Engineers Group, to help fund the target's road projects.
Blackstone may join Woori process
The Blackstone Group has been in discussions with Korea's Woori Financial Group over possible participation in the state-backed $6 billion auction of the government's 57% stake in the country's third largest banking group, at some $10.6 billion market...
H&QAP's Array IPOs for Taiwan OTC
Veteran Asian investor H&Q Asia Pacific (H&QAP) announced that Array Networks, its Silicon Valley-headquartered portfolio company, has completed its listing on the Taiwan OTC Exchange, becoming the first foreign Internet networking company to list in...
AgBank announces IPO prices in Hong Kong
Ahead of its intended IPO later this year, the Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) announced that it looks to sell 25.4 billion of its shares in Hong Kong for HK$2.88-3.48 ($0.37-0.45) apiece in hopes of raising $13 billion in the SAR.
SAIF, Sequoia, Tiger investee Just Dial looks to launch IPO
Indian search firm Just Dial Pvt – which has received more than $10 million worth of funding from early backer SAIF Partners – is set to launch its IPO, which may come as early as the end of the year.
Wise Partners backs Izumi turnaround
Japanese private equity firm Wise Partners will become the formal sponsor for the restructuring of Izumi Product Company, a manufacturer of electric shavers and other electrical appliances, following the latter's application for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
TPG/AA JAL deal still flying?
TPG Capital and American Airlines' plan for a $1.4 billion turnaround investment in Japan Airlines (JAL), seemingly stalled, has received fresh impetus with JAL making a formal application for anti-trust clearance to Japanese regulators, so as to proceed...
Consortium to invest $279.5 million into Tangshan Jidong Cement
A consortium of investors including Singapore's GIC, New Horizon, and US multi-strategy firm Siguler Guff,plans to invest more than RMB1.9 billion ($279.5 million) into Tangshan Jidong Cement Co., a PRC cement business, to take a 10% stake in the Shenzhen-listed...
Khazanah Parkway bid "not compelling"
Singapore’s Parkway Holdings Ltd., Asia’s largest publicly listed hospital-management firm and former TPG Capital investee, has released its response to Khazanah Nasional Bhd.’s acquisition bid, saying that its financial advisor Morgan Stanley has...
Providence in lead for CHAMP's Study Group
US-based media and entertainment-focused Providence Equity Partners is reportedly front runner to acquire Australian education-services provider Study Group International from CHAMP Private Equity, six months after the latter first considered taking the...
Actis settles differences over Nilgiri Dairy
Actis Capital has resolved its long-running dispute with the promoters of Nilgiri Dairy Farm, the Indian milk products group it took an ostensible control stake in for $65 million in 2006.
Primus suit delays EON takeover vote
Primus Pacific Partners, the single biggest stakeholder in Malaysian lender EON Capital, has caused a delay to a vote by the bank's shareholders on a $1.6 billion takeover bid from Hong Leong Bank by launching a lawsuit to block the buyout offer, claiming...
Transpac gets Heinz takeaway with Foodstar exit
Long-established Singapore private equity firm Transpac Capital is about to exit its investment in SGX-listed PRC soy sauce and beancurd business Foodstar Holdings, with a trade sale of around $165 million to Heinz.