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BPEA EQT hits first close on mid-market fund, seals debut deal

BPEA EQT – which was formed through the merger of Baring Private Equity Asia and EQT – achieved a first close on its pan-regional mid-cap fund at the end of last year and the vehicle recently completed its debut investment in a Malaysia-headquartered...

  • Fundraising
  • 14 March 2023
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Permira closes $17.6b global buyout fund

Permira has closed its latest flagship global buyout fund with EUR 16.7bn (USD 17.6bn) in commitments, a 50% increase on the previous vintage.

  • Europe
  • 09 March 2023
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AVCJ Awards 2022: Fundraising of the Year – Mid Cap: Potentia Capital

For Australia’s Potentia Capital, the beauty of its sophomore fundraise was not that it took four months, but that it took two years. Putting out feelers well before the official launch created buzz

  • Australasia
  • 24 February 2023
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New Zealand's Pencarrow closes Fund VI on $187m

New Zealand-based Pencarrow Private Equity has closed its sixth fund at the hard cap of NZD 300m (USD 187m), having scaled up from NZD 250m in the previous vintage.

  • Australasia
  • 21 February 2023
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Fund focus: ChrysCapital accumulates $1.4b India war chest

For ChrysCapital Partners, raising India’s largest private equity fund reflects the growth in the economy and in the investment opportunity, with bigger deals across more sectors on the agenda

  • South Asia
  • 07 February 2023
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AVCJ Awards 2022: Firm of the Year – Large Cap: Baring Private Equity Asia

Baring Private Equity Asia’s 2022 was punctuated by a high-profile merger with EQT, a bumper fundraise, and USD 10bn in exits. Jean Eric Salata, now head of BPEA EQT, shares his thoughts on the market

  • Buyouts
  • 03 February 2023
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Orchestra to launch debut Korea, Japan blind pool fund

Orchestra Private Equity, a Korea and Japan-focused manager that has to date operated on a deal-by-deal basis, plans to launch its first blind pool fund later this year.

  • North Asia
  • 31 January 2023
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CVC hits USD 3.5bn first close on sixth Asia fund

CVC Capital Partners achieved a first close of USD 3.5bn on its sixth pan-Asian fund at the end of last year.

  • Fundraising
  • 17 January 2023
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2023 preview: Fundraising

Fundraising is difficult for all but the fortunate few private equity managers in Asia. GPs are delaying launches, shaking up strategies, and offering sweeteners; LPs are in no hurry to make commitments

  • Fundraising
  • 14 December 2022
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Q&A: Bain Capital’s David Gross-Loh

David Gross-Loh, a managing director and a founding member of the Asia business at Bain Capital, on expanding into Osaka, targeting large-cap carve-outs in Japan, and the availability of deal financing

  • North Asia
  • 14 December 2022
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Thoma Bravo raises $32b for deployment in software

Thoma Bravo, a specialist investor in software companies, has closed its latest set of buyout funds with more than USD 32.4bn in commitments. This compares to USD 22.8bn in the previous vintage.

  • North America
  • 08 December 2022
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Unison Korea targets $680m for Fund III

Unison Capital is targeting KRW 800bn-KRW 900bn (USD 603m-USD 680m) for its third Korea fund, nearly twice what was raised in the previous vintage.

  • North Asia
  • 25 November 2022
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Apollo’s Rowan tips alternatives allocations to top 50% - AVCJ Forum

Marc Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global Management, told the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum that he expects most investors to have an alternatives allocation of at least 50% within five years.

  • North America
  • 21 November 2022
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TPG reaches $3.4b first close on Asia fund

TPG has reached a first close of USD 3.4bn on its eighth flagship Asia fund, which launched earlier this year with a target of USD 6bn.

  • Fundraising
  • 10 November 2022
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Investcorp, Fung Capital launch $500m GBA fund

Bahrain-headquartered Investcorp and Fung Capital, the PE investment arm of Hong Kong’s Fung Investments, have established a USD 500m Greater Bay Area (GBA) fund.

  • Greater China
  • 31 October 2022
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Baring Asia, EQT plan rollout of additional Asia strategies

Mid-cap buyout has been primed as the first of multiple strategies EQT pursues in Europe and North America that will be rolled out in Asia following the completion of the firm’s merger with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA).

  • GPs
  • 19 October 2022
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AVCJ Awards 2022 - voting has closed

Voting for the 2022 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards has now closed. Many thanks for your participation.

  • Performance
  • 17 October 2022
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Fund focus: Dymon Asia completes quickfire fundraise

Careful – and protracted – cultivation of prospective LPs and relatively strong performance for Southeast Asia helped Dymon Asia Private Equity secure USD 650m for its third fund

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 October 2022
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Dymon Asia closes Fund III at $650m hard cap

Dymon Asia Private Equity (DAPE) has closed its third Southeast Asia middle market private equity fund at a hard cap of USD 650m, beating a target of USD 550m.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 07 October 2022
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GP profile: ShawKwei & Partners

Helping Asian manufacturers climb the product value chain and lock in multinational customers is a key part of the ShawKwei & Partners thesis. It sees no reason to change, even amid sector volatility

  • GPs
  • 05 October 2022
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Japan’s D Capital hits third close on debut fund

D Capital, a recently established Japanese middle-market private equity firm, has achieved a third close of JPY 27bn (USD 186.4m) on its debut fund. The target is JPY 30bn.

  • North Asia
  • 03 October 2022
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Fund focus: Tower goes large with debut fund

Tower Capital Asia is repositioning itself as a large, globally connected PE firm as it transitions from deal-by-deal investing to a fund structure. Deep roots in Singapore remain the nucleus of the strategy

  • Southeast Asia
  • 27 September 2022
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Tower Capital closes maiden SE Asia PE fund on $379m

Singapore’s Tower Capital Asia, which has historically invested on a deal-by-deal basis, has closed its debut blind pool private equity fund for Southeast Asia on USD 379m.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 September 2022
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Fund focus: Glenwood gains traction with carve-out thesis

Korea-focused Glenwood Private Equity has closed its second fund on KRW 900m (USD 648m) from local LPs, having established itself as a mid-market corporate divestment specialist

  • North Asia
  • 20 September 2022
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