Renminbi fund
A Capital launches first outbound RMB fund
Hong Kong-based PE firm A Capital has teamed with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Financial Work to launch China’s first reminbi-denominated outbound private equity fund, with an RMB3 billion ($456 million) target.
The heart of the RMB
With so many offshore investors now scrambling to launch RMB funds, the issues around the liberalization of the Chinese currency – which the US government is trying hard, with limited success to effect – longer term convertibility must be addressed.
Value Partners to form RMB fund in Yunnan province
Value Partners Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based alternative asset investment firm with both private equity and hedge fund strategies, has reportedly signed an agreement to establish a renminbi-denominated private equity fund in partnership with Yunnan...
Yun Feng raises $1.52 billion fund
Yun Feng Capital, a Chinese private equity fund co-founded by internet business guru Jack Ma, has raised around RMB10 billion ($1.52 billion) for its first fund, co-founder and Chairman David Yu told local media.
Overseas LPs welcome
Clifford Chance Partners explain what’s in store for foreign LPs looking to convert their currencies into reminbi for private equity investment under Shanghai’s new, liberalized QFLP pilot program
China's Gosen Securities plans to launch the first RMB fund
China's Guosen Securities Co Ltd., Shenzhen-based boutique investment bank, plans to raise a RMB300 million ($45.5 million) private equity fund in Hong Kong following the increase in demand for RMB investment vehicles in China.
Blackstone caps Shanghai Jinfeng interest in RMB fund
The Blackstone Group may raise not more than RMB 300 million ($45.3 million) from Shanghai Jinfeng Investment Co., Ltd. for its RMB denominated fund.
Blue Oak reaches first close on $100 million Xi'an China fund
Blue Oak Capital has both launched and concurrently conducted its first close of the Blue Oak China Venture Fund, an RMB-denominated fund with value equivalent to $100 million, floated in conjunction with the National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base (NCAIB),...
Legend to launch local VC funds in China: reports
MD of Legend Capital, Ouyang Xiangyu, has said that the VC firm has plans to raise two funds totaling around $500 million in the first half of 2011, one a RMB1 billion ($150 million) RMB fund, and the other a $350 million US dollar fund, in an interview...
Morgan Stanley to launch RMB fund with Hangzhou govenment
US investment bank Morgan Stanley has signed an agreement with Hangzhou Municipal Government in China to form an RMB-denominated fund of undisclosed size for private equity investments.
Jury still out on Shanghai RMB QFLP program
The reported approval by China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of a $3 billion quota for the Shanghai municipal government to allow foreign currencies to be converted into RMB for investing into local private equity funds has been hailed...
What to do in China?
The recent news that China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange has granted the $3 billion RMB foreign exchange quota necessary to kick off the Qualified Institutional Limited Partner (QFLP) scheme in Shanghai seems to have sparked off quite a few...
Shanghai RMB QFLP program still missing key steps
Latest reports indicating that China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) has approved a $3 billion quota for the Shanghai municipal government to allow foreign currencies to be converted into RMB for investing into local private equity funds...
EMAlternatives announces RMB fund of funds affiliate YiMei
YiMei Capital Management, a China affiliate of Netherlands-headquartered emerging markets-focused managed account private equity investor EMAlternatives, is launching its first RMB-denominated fund of funds.
Hony Capital reportedly receives RMB3 billion from NSSF for second fund
Beijing-based Hony Capital, the leading PRC private equity firm, has secured RMB3 billion ($452 million) from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for its second RMB-denominated fund, which is expected to raise RMB 10 billion ($1.5 billion), according...
Infinity makes latest push in Tianjin with life science fund, accelerator
In its latest move, Infinity Group, the Israel-originated PRC-focused investor, has announced a new life sciences fund and business accelerator platform in Tianjin, collectively accounting for RMB220 million ($33 million).
China winning out?
China may be leading the way - for global recovery and for Asian PE - but is it all blue skies?
Infinity invests in Harbin tools manufacturer
Infinity Group, the Israel-originated PRC-focused investment group, has announced an investment of RMB120 million ($18 million) in Harbin No.1 Tools Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a state-owned company which, according to the firm, is a major research and production...
KPCB raises RMB600 million VC fund, announces social media platform
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), the iconic US technology-focused venture capital firm, has closed its maiden RMB-denominated China fund at RMB600 million ($90million).
Japan's SBI to form joint RMB/USD funds with China's Fudan University
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is to launch two venture capital funds in cooperation with Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
New York Pacific Capital launches Suzhou RMB fund
New York Pacific Capital, the New York- and Beijing-based China-focused US merchant banking player, has announced a new RMB fund targeting RMB 300 million ($45.1 million), with investments to be focused on the greater Suzhou region of eastern China.
Shanghai QFLP program for non-Chinese RMB LPs approved
The pilot Qualified Foreign Limited Partners (QFLP) guidelines floated in Shanghai to allow international LPs to invest into Shanghai-incorporated RMB-denominated private equity funds have been approved by China’s central financial regulators, according...
Speed bumps ahead for Asian private equity returns
Buyer beware: Not all that investors touch turns to gold
KPCB raises RMB600 million so far for China fund
Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is raising an RMB-denominated fund to invest in Chinese companies, and has already raised RMB600 million ($89.4 million), according to reports.