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Mandhana appointed as IDFC PE Managing Partner
IDFC has announced the appointment of Satish Mandhana, formerly Managing Director with IDFC Private Equity, as Managing Partner and head of the firm, succeeding Luis Miranda, who will now step down to be non-executive chairman of IDFC PE.
CVC appoints Chan as senior advisor on financial institutions
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Ignatius Chan Tze Ching, formerly Head of Corporate and Investment Banking and Senior Country Corporate Officer for Greater China at Citigroup and Deputy CEO with Bank of China in Hong Kong, as a Senior...
DE Shaw's Gaudio to move to Hong Kong
DE Shaw has announced that Julius Gaudio, one of its executive committee and joint supervisor of its asset management division, will relocate to its Hong Kong office, becoming the firm's first executive committee member to be based in Asia.
Permira retains ex-Nokia Ho as Senior Advisor
Permira has announced the appointment of David Ho, former President of Nokia in China, as a Senior Adviser with the firm, charged with aiding the firm in identifying investment opportunities in Greater China.
Capital Dynamics hires former AIC CEO Kobayashi as MD to head new Tokyo office
Capital Dynamics, the Switzerland-based alternative investment group, has appointed Kazushige Kobayashi, previously president and CEO of Japan's Alternative Investment Capital (AIC), engaged in funds-of-funds, as an MD to head its new Tokyo office.
Lazard hires Kwon as MD and Head of investment banking in Korea
Lazard Ltd has appointed Deutsche Bank’s former MD and Head of M&A for Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Youngbum Kwon, as its Managing Director and Head of Korean Investment Banking.
Wen out of New Horizon as Sihuan Pharma pre-IPO deal nixed
Leading Chinese PE firm New Horizon has confirmed that its co-founder Winston Wen Yunsong, son of PRC Premier Wen Jiabao, left the company at an unspecified date and has been working since last year for an arm of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corp.,...
Partners Group in Asia
Overweight on the region – with care
Awards finalists – the people’s choice
This year's list of finalists for the AVCJ Asian Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards, released for public voting this week, was the result of the first ever open call for nominations in the Awards’ ten-year history.
Marcel Erni of Partners Group
The question of GPs’ long-term experience in Asia is among LPs’ biggest concerns, says Founder and Vice Chairman of Partners Group Marcel Erni, adding that funds are largely still looking to prove that their model can work in “difficult cycles.”
Liang Meng, DE Shaw & Co.
The Managing Director and CEO of the group’s Greater China business talks about the firm’s approach to private equity investing, stemming from its alternative investment pedigree.
GSR's Fong made HYSTA Investor of the Year
Kevin Fong, US-based Special Advisor for China/US VC investor GSR Ventures and former Mayfield Fund MD, has been named the inaugural "Investor of the Year" by the Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA), a leading Chinese American VC and entrepreneur...
Huawei's Chee leaves to form new China SME fund Junsan
Jonathan Chee, former head of the Principal Investment unit at PRC telecoms major Huawei Technologies, has resigned to launch a new fund, Junsan Capital, focused on growth and late-stage investments in China SMEs.
Hopu split reports denied
Reports and market talk of a split at the top of Hopu Investment Management, the $2.5 billion China-linked private equity and multi-strategy investment group, have been denied by sources close to the firm, which in fact appears to be nearing the threshold...
Nautiyal-backed Redwoods Capital plans $50 million India real estate fund
Indian asset management firm Redwoods Capital, founded by the former head of BNP Paribas India’s real estate business Anuj Nautiyal, is set to raise a domestic real estate fund with a preliminary target of $50 million.
Harjit Bhatia forms Asia Growth Capital Advisors with ex Credit Suisse India, Southeast Asia team
Asian private equity veteran Harjit Bhatia has recently reemerged as Chairman and CEO of Asia Growth Capital Advisors, a private equity firm he founded along with his ex-partners at Credit Suisse Private Equity Asia.
Vikram Lall appointed non-executive director at Elephant Capital
Vikram Lall, Brewin Dolphin Holdings’ former corporate finance director, has joined Elephant Capital as a non-executive director on the India-focused PE fund’s board.
Partners Group loses Cai as head of China
Fund of funds Partners Group has confirmed that Linda Cai has left her position as Head of China, and that she will be replaced by Zhao Peng, with other reports indicating that Cai resigned up to three months ago, with her next move still unknown.
WI Harper bolsters advisory board with Investcorp's Tung
The founding partner and Chairman of the Technology Investment Committee of Investcorp, Savio Tung, has joined the advisory board of Chinese expansion and early growth stage private equity firm, WI Harper, the firm announced.
MVision recruits Macquarie's Michaela Sved as infrastructure Director
Placement agent MVision Private Equity Advisers has recruited Michaela Sved, formerly Head of Investor Relations for Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, as a Director.
Industry Q&A: Richard Pyvis
Richard Pyvis, Executive Chairman at CLSA Capital Partners, talks about CLSA’s approach to private equity, and its relationship to its parent brokerage and investment group.
Placement agents in a new place?
Asia Pacific placement post the GFC
Australian fund of funds Quay picks up Deas from Pantheon for US
Australian private equity fund of funds and advisory firm Quay Partners has recruited Ian Deas from Pantheon Ventures, the UK fund of funds firm, to head up its US operation as a Partner.
Sehgal in litigation with SCPL in Singapore over bonus, Parkway exit
Sanjay Sehgal, currently Managing Partner and CEO at East West Capital, has filed a suit in Singapore's High Court against the firm where he was formerly a partner, Symphony Capital Partners Ltd., over a bonus allegedly due to him, including profits from...