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Laskowski back for Citi in Asia
Citi has announced the appointment of veteran private equity banker Chris Laskowski as Head of its Financial Entrepreneurs Group Asia Pacific and COO for Global Banking in the region.
Shan joining Pacific Alliance as CEO
After earlier reports that he was going to form his own independent private equity firm, Weijian Shan, previously Managing Partner with TPG Capital in Hong Kong, is now going to join Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), the Hong Kong-headquartered private equity,...
ICICI Venture hires for infra fund
ICICI Venture, the private equity arm of ICICI Bank, has hired Manikkan Sangameswaran, former chief of Babcock & Brown Infrastructure’s BBI.AX India unit, to head up its new infrastructure business.
Kleiner China invites two new recruits
KPCB China, the China unit of Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins, has hired Jonathan Wang and Wang Enqiang as venture partner and senior advisor, respectively.
Olympus hires Nomura's Katayama
Hong Kong-headquartered Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has appointed Shunji Katayama, 48, a former investment banker at Nomura Holdings Inc., as a Managing Director, based in Tokyo.
GSR hires tech vet Jia as partner
GSR Ventures, the Beijing-based venture capital firm, has hired Jack Jia, founder and Chairman of Baynote, Inc., a software innovator that develops recommendation and search technology, as a Partner.
SocGen welcomes Japanese CEO for Asia Pacific
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointment Hikaru Ogata as Chief Executive Officer for its business in Asia Pacific.
Longreach's Miyoshi leaves for Greenhill
Yasuyuki “Yaz” Miyoshi, hitherto Representative Director and one of the founding partners of pan-Asian private equity firm The Longreach Group, has started a new role in Japan as Managing Director at Greenhill & Co., Inc. a global independent investment...
CapAsia recruits 3i's Osborne, Pru's Martin
Fresh from its rebranding, infrastructure investor CapAsia, previously CIMB Standard Strategic Asset Advisors, has recruited two senior professionals, David Osborne, formerly Partner and head of the Asia buyout team at 3i Group, and Craig Martin, previously...
Liu made Beijing corporate head at DLA Piper
DLA Piper's Steven Liu has been appointed Head of Corporate Practice in Beijing, with responsibility for private equity and VC coverage, the firm has announced
IDFC starts private equity real estate fund
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC), India’s leading infrastructure finance services firm, is to expand its alternative investment capabilities to operate a private equity real estate business, hiring a new senior executive to run...
MVCA AGM appoints Hussain chair
The Malaysian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (MVCA) has just held its AGM, electing its new executive and management committees, including Darawati Hussain, Head of CIMB Private Equity & Venture Capital, as chairman.
PPF discusses expansion with Vietnam's PM
Guernsey-based private equity firm PPF Partners has met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to discuss strategies on growing its business in the Southeast Asian market.
CVC hires Lee in Seoul
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Randall Lee, previously MD at Eugene Asset Management and formerly director at Lone Star Advisors in Seoul, as MD with its Korea team.
S3 Redwood announces Chiang for MD
OTC-quoted S3 Investment Company, a US investment banking and financial advisory firm seeking to tap the PRC market, has announced the appointment of Richard Chiang as MD of its Redwood Asia Fund, a growth capital private equity fund targeting opportunities...
Morgan Stanley's King to depart to Barclays
Morgan Stanley's Asia Pacific head of M&A Edward King is reportedly to depart the bank for Barclays, where he is slated to hold a parallel position.
Ripplewood MDs form new buyout firm in NY
MDs Tony Lee and Scott Spielvogel have left Ripplewood Holdings, the New York-headquartered buyout firm noted for its pioneering Asian investments, to start a New York fund management business called One Rock.
KKR's Mid East MD head said joining Barclays
Makram Azar, a Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. MD heading the firm’s Middle East and North Africa operations, has reportedly been poached by Barclays Capital to be its head of investment banking for the region.
Miranda to yield IDFC PE CEO slot
Luis Miranda, incumbent president and founding CEO of the $1.3 billion Indian infrastructure-focused private equity firm IDFC Private Equity, is to step down to assume a role as non-executive chairman from November 2010.
Shan exits TPG for solo fund
Turnover at the top of TPG Capital in Hong Kong continues after the relocation of Dan Carroll, formerly Managing Partner with the firm in Hong Kong, to the West Coast.
Morgan Stanley's Roach returns to New York
After three years as Hong Kong-based Asia Chairman of US investment bank Morgan Stanley, Stephen Roach, 64, the highly influential economist, will leave Asia, returning to the US to take a teaching role at the School of Management of Yale University with...
Lee leaves DLA Piper for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, an international law firm, has appointed Rocky Lee, a lawyer with special strengths in Asian private equity and venture capital, as Asia Managing Partner and Head of its Greater China Corporate Practice in the Corporate...
Miranda to step down as IDFC PE CEO
Luis Miranda, incumbent president and CEO of the $1.3 billion Indian infrastructure-focused private equity firm IDFC Private Equity, is to step down to assume a role as non-executive chairman from November, according to a statement from parent group IDFC.
ARC China appoints Polk Davis' Gordon Chin as MD
Hong Kong-based investment firm ARC China Holdings Ltd. has appointed Gordon Chin as its Managing Director, joining from law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.