Performance
Fundraising: Coming back slowly
AVCJ’s latest soundings from the industry indicate that fundraising, long cited as the third shoe waiting to drop [sic.] as investments and exits regionwide recover post the GFC, may not be reviving as robustly as some had hoped.
Actis said nearing compromise with Nilgiri promoters
Emerging markets investor Actis Capital is reportedly nearing agreement with the promoter family behind Indian investee Nilgiri Dairy Farm, after legal and other disputes apparently brought Actis close to exiting its $65 million stake.
KKR India recruits Sen from Citi
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has reportedly recruited Abhijit Sen, formerly CFO and CAO of Citi in India, as its new CFO for KKR India.
MGPA first fund wound up
Macquarie Global Property Advisors (MGPA), the private equity real estate investment group launched by Australia’s Macquarie has wound up its debut $480 million Global Fund I, launched in 1999 targeting Europe and Asia.
Aureos plans Singapore office, citing tax, costs, regulation
Aureos Advisers, also known as Aureos Capital, the emerging markets-focused private equity investor, is apparently opening a new Asian head office in Singapore, in a move partly driven by high taxes, regulatory burden and heavy costs in the UK.
Religare buys into Northgate
Religare Enterprises, the Indian financial services group, has announced an investment in US private equity fund-of-funds firm Northgate Capital, for a reported 60% controlling stake in the firm's management company.
Stokes Seven deal bets against media
Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes has merged publicly-listed media group Seven Network, which he co-owns with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., with his unlisted heavy machinery and mining business WesTrac, in an A$1 billion ($900 million) all-share deal....
NZ Direct Capital closes Fund IV
New Zealand private equity and venture capital investor Direct Capital has announced the close of its Direct Capital IV fund at NZ$325 million ($250 million), well above the fund's NZ$250 million ($175 million) target.
CIC states US public position
The PRC’s $300 billion SWF giant the China Investment Corporation (CIC) has disclosed its $9.63 billion of public markets positions in US businesses through a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, while reiterating its preference to avoid...
Oz media rebates may help PE investees
Rebates announced by the Australian government for the next two years on the license fees that commercial free-to-air broadcasters pay to the state may prove a lifeline to hard-pressed private equity investors in the sector. Australia’s channels Seven,...
Mahindra loads up PE arm
Mahindra Partners, the new private equity arm of Indian conglomerate the Mahindra Group, has gathered non-core group assets with a combined turnover of $500 million under its umbrella, including Mahindra Logistics, Mahindra Ocean Blue Marine and Mahindra...
CIC enters Apax's "closed" Europe VII fund
China Investment Corporation (CIC), China's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has reportedly invested €685 million ($952 million) in Apax Partners' Apax Europe VII, a €11.2 billion ($15.5 billion) buyout fund that was ostensibly no longer open to investors....
Axiom closes Fund II ahead on $950 million
Singapore-headquartered independent fund of funds Axiom Asia Private Capital has delivered major corroboration for those who hoped that 2010 would see a rebound in private equity fundraising.
Philip Bilden of HarbourVest Partners
Philip Bilden, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at influential fund of funds HarbourVest Partners, talks about the firm's investment strategy and the relative attractions of different regional markets.
Oh dear, Obama
US President Barack Obama’s recent statement about curbing US banks’ abilities to use their own capital to trade out of proprietary investment accounts or to invest in private equity funds and hedge funds is rife with implications, but very little in...
Pan-Asian Industry Reviews
AVCJ's series of topical pan-Asian industry reviews provides an independent overview of the private equity, venture capital and M&A activities in the Asia region. The annual reviews include the latest statistics and analysis by AVCJ's experienced research...
Regional Reports
A series of annual regional reports is produced by the AVCJ research team. 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....
AVCJ Asian Private Equity Barometer sees sustained Asia Pacific recovery in 2009
The latest Asian Private Equity Barometer shows the recovery in Asia Pacific private equity investment observed over the first quarter of 2009 continuing and consolidating into 2Q09.
Risks and rewards for 2010
The year ahead is already being keenly talked over – and up – as investors and financial/commercial figures watch for indicators of what direction the global economy is going to take as it exits the past year’s dead zone.
AVCJ Asian Private Equity Barometer sees some slowdown in Asia Pacific third quarter 2009
The latest Asian Private Equity Barometer shows the recovery in Asia Pacific private equity investment seen over the last two quarters losing some momentum. Private equity investment regionwide in 3Q09 fell to US$8.8 billion, down from $12.1 billion in...
Private equity activity freeze thaws in Asia
AVCJ focuses on LP views of the region’s attractions looking ahead into 2010
2010: A roaring Year of the Tiger?
2010 may deliver the hoped-for recovery, but no one is taking it for granted.
LP terms of endearment
LP views differ re the value of private equity to their portfolios; but all agree they want – and expect to get – better terms in their relationships with GPs going forward.