• Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  •  
    Regions
    • Australasia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Greater China
    • North Asia
    • South Asia
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Central Asia
    • MENA
  •  
    Funds
    • LPs
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Venture
    • Renminbi
    • Secondary
    • Credit/Special Situations
    • Infrastructure
    • Real Estate
  •  
    Investments
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Early stage
    • PIPE
    • Credit
  •  
    Exits
    • IPO
    • Open market
    • Trade sale
    • Buyback
  •  
    Sectors
    • Consumer
    • Financials
    • Healthcare
    • Industrials
    • Infrastructure
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Real Estate
  • Events
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
  • Digital Edition
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  • Events
  • Sign in
    • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

      Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

      • Sign in
     
      • Saved articles
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Digital Edition
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
    • Latest Data & Research
      Ape-directory
      AVCJ Private Equity Online Directory

      With its wide network of senior industry contacts, the directory is the most comprehensive online directory on private equity and venture capital in Asia. It is easy to navigate, enabling access to Asian private equity firms and professionals.

      Read more
      2016-china-cover
      Regional Reports

      The reports review the year's local private equity and venture capital activity and are filled with up-to-date data and intelligence on fundraising, investments, exits and M&A. The regional reports also feature information on key companies.

      Read more
      2016-pevc-cover
      Industry Review

      Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Review provides an independent overview of the private equity, venture capital and M&A activities in the Asia region. It delivers insights on investments made, capital raised, sector specific figures and more.

      Read more
      AVCJ Database

      AVCJ Database is the ultimate link between Asian dealmakers and those who provide advisory, financial, legal and technological services to the private equity, venture capital and M&A industries. It is packed with facts and figures on more than 153,000 companies and almost 117,000 transactions.

      Read more
AVCJ
AVCJ
  • Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Regions
  • Funds
  • Investments
  • Exits
  • Sectors
  • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

    Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

    • Sign in
 
    • Saved articles
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 

Investments

myanmar
Myanmar: Coup confusion

Myanmar's isolationism is likely to be harder to maintain this time should the military seek a return to its old ways. Investors are watching and waiting, but should they also be considering the ESG implications?

  • Southeast Asia
  • 16 February 2021
data-numbers-analysis-man
4Q analysis: Growth spurt

Technology-enabled businesses in China and India are the beneficiaries of a resurgence in growth capital deal flow; Japan is the sole stand-out in fundraising; IPOs continue to shine as overall exits struggle

  • Greater China
  • 22 January 2021
collwyn-tan
Q&A: Hamilton Lane's Collwyn Tan

Collwyn Tan, Hamilton Lane’s co-head of Asia investment and key point person for everything transactional in the region, unpacks the mixed signals of 2020

  • Greater China
  • 16 December 2020
rupee-3-2
India antitrust regulator to probe private equity

India’s competition regulator will conduct a study on the role of private equity in India – identifying any potential antitrust issues – in response to the asset class’ rising prominence.

  • South Asia
  • 07 December 2020
avcj-awards-logo-2020-black
AVCJ Awards 2020 - voting has closed

Voting for the 2020 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards has now closed. Many thanks to all who participated. The winners will be announced on November 19.

  • Performance
  • 19 October 2020
bank-hammer-piggy-break
PE & Asian banks: Once-in-a-decade opportunity

GPs like targeting banks during downturns, investing in stronger players at discount valuations and backing them to come out the other side with increased market share. Will it be more of the same with COVID-19?

  • GPs
  • 30 September 2020
avcj-awards-logo-2020-black
AVCJ Awards 2020 - last call for nominations

Nominations for the 2020 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards will close on September 30 at 6 p.m. Hong Kong time. Please take the opportunity to have your say on the year's outstanding firms, fundraises, investments and exits.

  • Performance
  • 24 August 2020
southeast-asia-consumer
Southeast Asia macro: Encouraging minefield

Southeast Asia benefits from an enviable macro outlook versus other markets, and investment in the region is set to recover relatively quickly. But is that enough?

  • Southeast Asia
  • 17 July 2020
data-numbers-analysis-man
Large-cap vehicles support PE fundraising revival in second quarter

Asia private equity fundraising rebounded from a seven-year low in the first quarter of the year to reach $24 billion for April through June, but commitments were concentrated on a handful of managers.

  • Fundraising
  • 14 July 2020
usa-wall-trade-tension-flag
Foreign investment restrictions: Looking inward

China is the implied threat as governments look to protect vulnerable domestic companies from foreign corporate raiders. On balance, PE investors are unlikely to benefit from moves towards de-globalization

  • Australasia
  • 15 June 2020
money-esg-bulb-audit
ESG and VC: Deferred dialogue

Institutional LPs are traditionally less engaged with VC versus PE when it comes to responsible investment standards. A multitude of drivers are changing this, but not quickly

  • GPs
  • 21 May 2020
indian-woman-phone
Facebook takes 9.9% stake in Reliance's India app platform

Facebook has acquired a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms, the holding company behind a number of apps and the parent of India's largest telecom operator.

  • Expansion
  • 22 April 2020
pinduoduo
China's Pinduoduo invests $200m in electronics retailer Gome

Chinese social e-commerce platform Pinduoduo – which has several VC backers - has invested $200 million in Gome Retail, one of the country's leading household appliance and electronics retailers.

  • Greater China
  • 21 April 2020
bangalore-bengaluru-vidhana-soudha-india-government
India imposes FDI hurdles for Chinese investors

India has increased the regulatory requirements for inbound investments from groups in bordering countries in what is seen as a move to restrict Chinese activity.

  • South Asia
  • 20 April 2020
storm-cloudy-uncertainty-risk
LPs worried about denominator effect as capital calls rise - survey

LPs are receiving more capital calls from private equity firms following the coronavirus outbreak, with the concurrent drop in public market valuations prompting concerns about overallocation to the asset class, according to a survey by the Institutional...

  • LPs
  • 14 April 2020
asia-map-globe2
Asia PE investment falls to six-year low in first quarter

Private equity fundraising, investment and exits all fell to multi-year lows in the first quarter of 2020 as the economic fallout from coronavirus outbreak forced investors to focus on existing portfolio exposure and made them wary of making new commitments.

  • Fundraising
  • 08 April 2020
money-falling-top-building-23765132
Storm warning: Investors prepare for macro difficulties

The coronavirus outbreak appears to be fast-tracking a long-expected economic downturn. The situation is very different from the aftermath of the global financial crisis, but PE investors may still draw instruction from the events of 2008-2009

  • Investments
  • 23 March 2020
eddie-chen-eurazeo-s
Europe's Eurazeo promotes Asian agenda

Eurazeo’s Europe-China fund – a joint effort with China Investment Corporation (CIC) and BNP Paribas – will come online at the end of this month with an initial EUR400 million ($445 million) in dry powder. It is the France-based GP’s latest milestone...

  • Greater China
  • 16 March 2020
chee-wei-wong-kkr
KKR looks to invest one-third of its impact fund in Asia

KKR expects to deploy one-third of its recently closed debut global impact fund in Asia and is adding dedicated resources in the region to work on deal sourcing and execution.

  • People
  • 11 March 2020
tablet-software
Australia technology: Taking care of business

Investors are quietly leveraging subtle advantages in the Australian enterprise software space to create global leaders. The market will not remain an overlooked goldmine for long

  • Australasia
  • 26 February 2020
coronavirus-covid19-mask
Coronavirus: PE impact assessment

Existing analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on PE and VC in Asia is largely based on anecdotes and incomplete datasets. A detailed prognosis must wait - and then the broader implications for consumption habits will take even longer to emerge

  • Greater China
  • 20 February 2020
data-numbers-analysis-man
Asia PE fundraising falls 28% in 2019

Capital committed to Asia-focused private equity managers fell 28% year-on-year to $104.4 billion in 2019, largely due to a drop-off in activity in the pan-regional buyout and venture capital segments. Investments and exits were also down on the previous...

  • Fundraising
  • 20 January 2020
world-face-esg-environment
GPs need more than just an ESG mindset

Private equity firms must move beyond approaching investments simply with an ESG mindset and cultivate a more results-driven approach to environment, social and governance issues, industry participants told the Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity...

  • Greater China
  • 17 January 2020
warehouse-logistics-storage
GIC, ESR team up on $500m China venture

ESR, an Asia Pacific-focused logistics real estate platform, has formed a joint venture with Singapore’s GIC Private with a view to investing $500 million in high-quality facilities in China.

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2020
1 2 3

Most read

hand-bouncer-restricted-access-privacy-guard-block
India direct secondaries: Footprint freefall
rocket-lab
Rocket Lab to go public via SPAC merger
spac-money
GPs & SPACs: Filthy lucre?
venture-youth-hands-plant-early-stage
China VCs back See Fund's debut vehicle
india-rupees-money
India's Oaks raises $55m for consumer PE fund
  • About AVCJ
  • Advertise
  • Contacts
  • About Acuris
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Group disclaimer
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters

© Merger Market

© Mergermarket Limited, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE - Company registration number 03879547

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013