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Singapore's Azalea targets $754m PE-backed bond offering

Temasek Holdings-owned Azalea Investment Management is further expanding retail exposure to private equity through its latest issue of bonds – worth USD 754m in total – backed by LP interests in funds.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 May 2022
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GP profile: EmergeVest

Building on unorthodox roots and a highly concentrated portfolio, EmergeVest wants to establish itself as a global-minded Asia specialist in technology-enabled supply chains

  • GPs
  • 11 May 2022
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Hosen closes $280m single asset continuation fund for Kilcoy

Hosen Capital, which makes investments in China’s consumer space, has closed a USD 280m single-asset continuation fund for Kilcoy Global Foods, a beef processing business it has owned since 2013.

  • Australasia
  • 11 April 2022
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Goldman leads $900m stapled secondary for Baring Asia

Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) has completed a stapled secondary of nearly USD 900m, which saw an investor consortium commit capital to its eighth fund and take out positions in two earlier vehicles.

  • Secondaries
  • 25 March 2022
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Profile: Foundation Private Equity’s Jeremy Foo

Moving from direct investment to secondaries with Foundation Private Equity took Jeremy Foo outside his comfort zone, but past experiences of liquidity crunches have proved instructive

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 March 2022
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PEP targets $1b for second Australia secure assets fund

Australia’s Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is preparing to launch its second secured assets with an AUD 1bn (USD 724m) target while planning to spin out one of the top-performing Fund I investments into a single-asset continuation vehicle.

  • Australasia
  • 23 February 2022
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Deal focus: Foundation eyes Bright future

In leading a USD 82m cross-currency restructuring of a consumer-tech portfolio managed by China’s Bright Capital, Foundation Private Equity opted for a structure that is unusual yet prioritises alignment

  • Greater China
  • 25 January 2022
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Deal focus: India's Prime Venture secures four-year extension

Foundation Private Equity has made its first foray into India, taking out all the LPs in Prime Venture Partners' debut fund through a tender offer process

  • South Asia
  • 13 January 2022
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2021 in review: Boom time

Cheap debt and a desire for assets that deliver technology-driven growth have propelled Asia private equity investment to new highs and supported a resurgence in exits. But fundraising still fails to convince

  • Greater China
  • 15 December 2021
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Secondaries supply-demand mismatch most extreme in Asia - AVCJ Forum

There is not enough capital in Asia to address the number of secondary opportunities – mirroring the situation globally – with investors claiming to have more transaction choices than ever before.

  • Greater China
  • 26 November 2021
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Investors emphasize GP-LP alignment - AVCJ Forum

Eroding the alignment of interest between GP and LP – by tweaking the partnership structure, a manager overstretching to pursue multiple strategies, or conflicts emerging over secondaries – could harm returns at a time when valuations are already...

  • LPs
  • 22 November 2021
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Q&A: Coller Capital’s Francois Aguerre

Francois Aguerre, head of origination at Coller Capital, on the march towards a $500 billion global secondaries market, the rise of GP-led transactions, and the implications of more permanent capital

  • Secondaries
  • 10 November 2021
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Cross-currency restructuring underpins Ameba's VC fund

China-focused VC firm Ameba Capital has closed its debut US dollar-denominated fund at $265 million, supported by a renminbi-to-US dollar secondary restructuring and a primary staple.

  • Greater China
  • 04 November 2021
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Partners Group backs continuation vehicle for Korean restaurant brand

MBK Partners has signed up Partners Group as the anchor investor in an approximately $500 million single-asset continuation fund for its majority stake in Korean fried chicken franchisor BHC.

  • North Asia
  • 21 September 2021
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GPs see more paths to liquidity in Southeast Asia - AVCJ Forum

SPAC deals and GP-led secondary transactions are bringing more liquidity options to Southeast Asia, a geography where private equity investors have often struggled to achieve exits, industry participants told the AVCJ Singapore Forum.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 September 2021
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Elliott backs Olympus Capital Asia continuation fund

Elliott Management is supporting a $450 million restructuring of Olympus Capital Asia’s third fund, which involves taking out a profit participation loan held by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) as well as buying standard positions from...

  • Secondaries
  • 03 September 2021
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Secondaries: Straight outta Asia

The growing secondaries opportunity in Asia is attracting more global capital, but managers with strategies dedicated to the region are few. This is changing, albeit gradually

  • GPs
  • 01 September 2021
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Lazard makes senior private capital advisory hire in Asia

Lazard has recruited Patrick No, formerly head of Asia financial sponsors coverage at Credit Suisse, as a managing director in its private capital advisory group.

  • Advisory
  • 13 August 2021
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Creador, NewQuest, TR invest Yum Brands India franchisee

Creador, NewQuest Capital Partners, and TR Capital have co-led an INR11.5 billion ($155 million) investment in Sapphire Foods India, a franchisee operator of US fast food giant Yum Brands.

  • South Asia
  • 10 August 2021
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Coller spins out credit fund interests from Ping An subsidiary

A Coller Capital-led consortium has acquired interests in four global credit funds – worth a combined $680 million – from China Ping An Insurance’s overseas investment platform.

  • Secondaries
  • 05 August 2021
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Navis raises $900m for Fund VIII, closes Fund VI continuation

Navis Capital Partners has closed its eighth regional fund at $900 million, while also securing $450 million for a continuation vehicle that features five companies from its sixth fund.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 02 August 2021
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NewQuest buys secondary position in India hospital chain

Direct secondaries specialist NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired a minority stake in Cloudnine, an India-based hospital chain, by committing primary capital and taking out several existing investors.

  • South Asia
  • 29 July 2021
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India's Ola receives $500m pre-IPO round

Temasek Holdings and Warburg Pincus have joined a $500 million in Indian ride-hailing platform Ola ahead of an IPO.

  • South Asia
  • 13 July 2021
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Q&A: Foundation Private Equity’s Jason Sambanju

Having made his name in Asia secondaries at Paul Capital, Jason Sambanju struck out on his own in 2017 with Foundation Private Equity. He explains why there is room for a local GP dedicated to LP-style deals

  • Secondaries
  • 07 July 2021
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