Australasia
VC-backed REVA lists in Oz
Venture capital-backed REVA Medical, a San Diego-based innovative medical device company, has raised $63 million from its initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange.
AMP launches infrastructure-focused operations in New York
Following news earlier this month that Australian-based AMP Capital Investors would expand its investment focus to include infrastructure, with the launch of a global fund, the group announced that it will bolster its overseas operations through the launch...
TPG said to be supporting Alinta restructuring
TPG Capital has been in discussions with Alinta Energy, one of Australia's leading power generation groups, for its debt investment arm to support a restructuring of the business as it explores options, including asset sales, to pay off some A$2.7 billion...
Pacific Capital Partners makes first exit first from Pacific Island-focused fund
Pacific Capital Partners has sold its 49% stake in Heli Niugini Ltd, a Papua New Guinean helicopter operating service - the first exit from its Kula Fund private equity vehicle, exclusively allocated to investments in the Pacific Islands.
PEP to postpone Hoyts float - reports
PE firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is set to delay the IPO of its investee, Australian cinema group Hoyts, until next year in hopes of more stable market conditions, according to local reports.
US groups consider Whitehaven Coal buyout
American infrastructure PE firm First Reserve and US coal producer Alpha Natural Resources are reportedly eyeing Australia’s Whitehaven Coal Ltd. and considering a buyout deal that could be worth more than A$3 billion ($2.75 billion).
Ted Dow of DIF Capital Partners
Ted Dow, Managing Director of DIF Capital Partners, explains why domestic institutions have an adversity to mezzanine lending and how mezzanine lenders have reacted to disuse in the recent years.
CPPIB Intoll discussions ongoing
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is still in discussion with Australian ASX-listed toll road player Intoll Group over its $3.44 billion privatization offer, according to a statement from the target.
Tim Sims of Pacific Equity Partners, Video 2
Tim Sims, Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners, applauds vendors for not only turning the corner and selling their assets following a difficult 2009, but also making prices “full and fair” as they begin to reengage, and further discusses why...
Tim Sims of Pacific Equity Partners, Video 1
Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners Tim Sims discusses how his firm stays true to the essence of private equity practice, and how these values are institutionalized in emerging talent in the industry
Equipsuper's Strachan to also manage Vision Super before merger
Chief Investment Officer of Australian superfund Equipsuper Michael Strachan is set to extend his leadership role to Vision Super, also a Victoria-based superfund, that will be merged with Equipsuper beginning in November, according to reports.
Archer Capital's Ausfuel plans consolidation merger
Ausfuel Group, a fuel and lubricants distributor in Australia, 75% owned by local buyout firm Archer Capital since May this year, is in talks with Gull Petroleum, a Perth-based petroleum retailer, to consolidate the two companies in a deal valued at some...
PEP-backed REDgroup faces covenant setback
Just months after it was touted as a strong candidate for a public float, private equity-backed New Zealand book retailer REDgroup Retail is expected to breach two out of three of its banking covenants, due to its inability to pay back lenders under the...
CIC investee Goodman Group eyes ING Oz REIT fund
Goodman Group, the world's third largest logistics facilities operator in Australia, and 18.2% owned by SWF the China Investment Corporation, has emerged as the most likely buyer of management rights for the A$1.2 billion ($1.07 billion) ASX-listed ING...
Yellow Pages auction up a gum tree?
Unitas Capital and Ontario LP direct investment major Teacher’s Private Capital are reportedly hunting for buyers for New Zealand’s Yellow Pages Group, having launched a sale process for the estimated $700 million asset – more than 50% lower than...
Unitas, OTPP ready NZ Yellow Pages for sale
Offering up the asset that launched NZ's much-praised "yellow tree house" ad campaign, regional buyout firm Unitas Capital and its co-investor Ontario Teachers Private Capital have kicked off the exit process from boom-era Antipodean telecoms investment...
CHAMP seeks buyers for Healthcare Australia
In the latest Australian healthcare sector deal, local PE firm CHAMP Private Equity is reportedly looking to sell Healthcare Australia, the country’s largest nursing, homecare and medical specialist placement company, worth an estimated $265 million.
CPPIB on the road again in Oz with Intoll
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has returned to its pursuit of Australia-headquartered toll road groups with an A$3.4 billion ($3.05 billion) privatization proposal for Australian road toll operator Intoll Group – a cash offer at a...
Carlyle, TPG pick up Healthscope for $1.73 billion
The Carlyle Group and TPG Capital have won out in a bidding contest for Australian private hospitals and pathology services operator Healthscope Ltd., with an A$1.99 billion ($1.73 billion) all-cash offer that has already been unanimously recommended...
Accel does biggest software deal to date with Oz Atlassian
Accel Partners, the Silicon Valley-headquartered VC firm, has made what is ostensibly its largest investment in a software business to date, with a $60 million commitment to Atlassian Pty, a Sydney-based software developer.
Carlyle, TPG wrap up Healthscope for $1.73 billion
The Carlyle Group and TPG Capital have successfully concluded their bid for Australia's Healthscope with a A$1.99 billion ($1.73 billion) all-cash offer, well above previous expectations, in the biggest Australian private equity deal since 2007.
Julian Knights of Ironbridge Capital
Managing Director of Ironbridge Capital Management Julian Knights tells AVCJ that Australian private equity firms' focus on "unloved" assets is what makes the industry different from private equity investing in the US and the UK.
Final Healthscope bids confirmed by Carlyle, TPG as Blackstone withdraws
The Jul 16th deadline for bids on Australian private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope saw the Carlyle Group and TPG Capital confirm that they had submitted bids for the asset, despite the withdrawal of Blackstone Group from their consortium...
Jonathon Freeman of Coller Capital
Jonathon Freeman, Partner at Coller Capital, examines the secondaries market in Australia, and explains why he finds the “hairy, difficult” transactions the most interesting and profitable.