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Manulife secondaries business to target Asia

Manulife Investment Management will target Asia with a newly launched private markets secondary business.

  • LPs
  • 29 October 2019
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Deal focus: Avataar seeds India SaaS portfolio

Having won support from HarbourVest Partners to spin out a portfolio from his former employer, Norwest Venture Partners, Mohan Kumar is taking aim at India's underdeveloped enterprise software space

  • South Asia
  • 09 October 2019
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Q&A: Pomona Capital's Michael Granoff

Michael Granoff, founder and CEO of Pomona Capital, discusses raising capital from Asian LPs, how GPs can be differentiated in a crowded secondaries market, and why he’s not keen on fund restructurings

  • North America
  • 20 September 2019
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China secondaries: Curious conversions

An exit lag and difficulties raising money for renminbi funds in China has created a novel opening for secondaries investors comfortable moving assets from one currency to another

  • Greater China
  • 11 September 2019
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CPPIB confirms $115m investment in India's Delhivery

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has confirmed it has invested $115 million in Indian e-commerce logistics services provider Delhivery.

  • South Asia
  • 10 September 2019
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CPPIB cleared to invest in India's Delhivery

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has been cleared to acquire a stake of up to 8% in Indian e-commerce logistics service provider Delhivery.

  • South Asia
  • 21 August 2019
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Lazard's Nick Miles take on Asia-Europe role

Nick Miles, leader of the Asia private capital advisory team at Lazard, has taken on a newly created role intended to enhance collaboration between the firm’s operations in Asia and Europe.

  • Fundraising
  • 09 August 2019
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India secondaries: Mixed signals

India has skirted around an expected boom in secondaries activity for the past couple of years, but investors haven’t lost faith in the narrative’s eventual unfolding. The devil will be in the details

  • South Asia
  • 26 June 2019
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Temasek-backed PE bonds attract record retail following

A growing number of Singaporean retail investors are seeking PE exposure under a program overseen by Temasek Holdings. Nearly 31,000 applications representing S$820 million ($602 million) were submitted for the S$180 million worth of bonds – backed...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 June 2019
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LPs worry about alignment issues in GP-led secondaries - survey

The arrival of GP-led secondary transactions in the private equity mainstream has been accompanied by mounting concerns among LPs that their interests might not be aligned with those of the managers driving these deals.

  • Secondaries
  • 04 June 2019
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Temasek-owned Azalea targets $600m from PE-backed bonds

Temasek Holdings-owned Azalea Asset Management is once again offering Singapore retail investors the opportunity to participate in private equity with plans to raise around $600 million through the sale of bonds backed by LP interests in funds.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 May 2019
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Preferred equity: Last in, first out

Issuing preferred equity to secondary investors is a short-cut to liquidity for China VCs with valuable portfolios but few exits. The strategy isn’t universally popular, but what will it take for GPs to make the leap?

  • Greater China
  • 22 March 2019
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Asia GP-led secondaries hit record high in 2018

An increase in GP-led transactions propelled Asia secondary market volume to $7.8 billion last year, and more of the same is expected in 2019 – once managers have adjusted their mark-to-market valuations following fourth-quarter volatility in the public...

  • Secondaries
  • 22 February 2019
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Fund focus: From Standard Chartered to Affirma

Standard Chartered's private equity team - now known as Affirma Capital - has finally secured its independence through a spin-out backed Intermediate Capital Group

  • Secondaries
  • 10 January 2019
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Five trends for 2019

AVCJ looks at how its 2018 predictions turned out and identifies some key themes for the year ahead

  • Fundraising
  • 18 December 2018
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ICG backs spin-out of Standard Chartered Private Equity

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has agreed to support a spin-out of Standard Chartered’s private equity business, taking the majority of the remaining $1 billion in assets off the bank’s balance sheet.

  • Secondaries
  • 17 December 2018
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The crystal ball: Predictions for 2019

Industry participants share their outlooks on some of the biggest economic drivers of the day, including fast-growing sectors and shifting deal making factors across Asia’s varied markets

  • Greater China
  • 14 December 2018
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Lexington leads $1b stapled secondary for TPG Asia

Lexington Partners has backed a GP-led tender offer for TPG Capital’s fifth and sixth Asia funds, taking out existing positions held by LPs and investing new capital into the firm’s seventh pan-regional vehicle. The transaction represents a total...

  • Secondaries
  • 10 December 2018
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Secondary restructurings: Opportunistic delays

Creative secondary deals are presenting private equity investors with new options for extending exposure to prized assets. Although a modest trend, it evokes big questions about best conduct

  • GPs
  • 06 December 2018
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HarbourVest backs secondary restructuring of Capital Today investment

HarbourVest Partners has led a secondary transaction worth approximately $420 million that enabled Capital Today China Group to take out an investment from its first fund – Yifeng Pharmacy – and roll it into a new vehicle as a means of extending the...

  • Greater China
  • 20 November 2018
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Deal focus: Growth capital secondaries

NewQuest Capital Partners and Committed Advisors have invested $175 million in a fund intended to institutionalize the Basil Partners platform and help its portfolio companies achieve greater scale

  • South Asia
  • 03 October 2018
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NewQuest, Committed Advisors back $175m restructuring

NewQuest Capital Partners and Committed Advisors have bankrolled the formation of a $175 million fund that will acquire the existing portfolio of Singapore-based Basil Partners and provide additional capital for follow-on investments.

  • Secondaries
  • 02 October 2018
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Secondary staples: Structural dynamics

GP-led restructurings are going mainstream, including complex transactions that combine primary and secondary commitments. As deal demand grows, so do concerns about risk

  • Secondaries
  • 12 September 2018
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Deal focus: China baby boom market comes of age

Warburg Pincus has acquired Chinese mother-and-baby company Leyou, providing an exit for CDIB Capital and The Carlyle Group. The deal signals a rapid maturation process in the segment

  • Greater China
  • 23 August 2018
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