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China Media Capital to buy 21st Century Fox's Star TV stake
China Media Capital (CMC) has agreed to buy 21st Century Fox’s 47% stake in Star China TV in partnership with company management. The acquisition gives CMC full ownership of what was previously News Corporation’s China portfolio, having bought a majority...
MGPA exits Westin Singapore hotel for $369m
BlackRock-owned real estate investor MGPA has sold its stake in The Westin Singapore hotel to Japan’s Daisho Group for a reported S$468 million ($369 million).
Baidu, VCs provide $15m round for fashion site Yoka
Baidu has led a $15 million round of funding for Yoka, a Chinese fashion website. Fidelity Growth Partners also participated in the round alongside existing investors IDG Capital Partners, Matrix Partners and Hearst Corporation.
Intel Capital backs Sanjet's wearable video technology
Intel Capital has committed an undisclosed sum to Sanjet Technology Corp, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of portable multi-purpose video cameras. The funding will be used to support the development of cameras that can be worn on the body or placed inside...
Indonesia eases foreign investment restrictions
Foreign investors will be able to take larger stakes in Indonesia’s power, advertising and pharmaceuticals sectors as part of efforts to boost the country’s slowing economy. The changes require formal presidential endorsement before they can come into...
Advent exits India's CAMS as NSE buys 45% stake
Advent International has fully exited its stake in Computer Age Management Services (CAMS) after a subsidiary of India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) bought a 45% stake in the company, which provides transaction processing and other back office services...
Hahn & Co to buy Hanjin's bulk carrier business
Hahn & Co. will pay KRW400 billion ($380 million) for a 76% stake in Hanjin Shipping’s bulk carrier business. This is the South Korean private equity firm’s second foray into the shipping sector following an aborted attempt earlier this year to buy a...
Longreach agrees Japan manufacturing carve-out
The Longreach Group has agreed to buy Sol-Plus Group, a Japanese plastics manufacturer with production facilities in Thailand, for an undisclosed sum.
Quadria-led consortium buys majority stake in Indian hospital chain
Quadria Capital, German development finance institution DEG and Swedfund have acquired a majority stake in Medica Synergie from ICICI Venture.
Blackstone exits Emcure Pharma to Bain
The Blackstone Group will exit its 2006 investment in India’s Emcure Pharmaceuticals to Bain Capital. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but it is reportedly worth INR7 billion ($112.8 million)
China's Ctrip invests $100m in VC-backed eHi Auto Services
Ctrip International, China's largest online travel agency, will invest $100 million in eHi Auto Services, a Shanghai-based car rental company backed by Qiming Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Goldman Sachs, Jafco and CDH Ventures.
Sprott, Woori win Korean mandate for $750m global resources fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will lead a consortium of institutional investors in putting up half the capital for a $750 million private equity fund to be managed by Canadian asset manager Sprott and Woori Asset Management. The 10-year...
Carlyle invests in India's Global Health Private
The Carlyle Group has acquired a minority stake in India’s Global Health Private, owner and operator of Medanta – the Medicity, a super-specialty Medanta hospital in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The transaction facilitates the exit of Avenue...
Blackstone to up stake in India's MCX to 4.99%
Blackstone is to increase its stake in the Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to as much as 4.99%. The proposed purchase comes after Blackstone picked up 2% in the commodity bourse for INR1.04 billion ($16.6 million) in March this year.
Crescent-owned insurer shares down 12.5% after Australian IPO
Shares in Crescent Capital Partners-owned Cover-More Group opened down 12.5% today following the travel insurer's A$521 million ($460 million) IPO on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Hahn & Co invests $190m in South Korea's Woongjin Foods
Hahn & Co has paid $190 million for a 57% stake in Woongjin Foods, Korea's third largest non-alcoholic beverage company and subsidiary of ailing conglomerate Woongjin Group.
GIC exits Beijing airport to NWS Holdings
GIC Private has exited its 8.84% stake in Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA)to NWS Holdings, an Chinese infrastructure conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Cheng Yu-Tung, for about HK$2.36 billion ($304 million).
AltExchange publishes first PE data standard
The AltExchange Alliance - which was set up earlier this year by a group of LPs, GPs and service providers - has launched a new data standard for the private equity industry.
Darby exits South Korea's Leadcorp
Darby Private Equity, a subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Investments, has exited its stake in South Korean consumer finance company Leadcorp through sales on the Kosdaq Market of Korean Exchange. The financial details were not disclosed.
EQT acquires franchise operator China F&B Group
EQT Partners has bought a majority stake in China F&B Group, the Chinese franchise operator of international restaurant chains Dairy Queen and Papa John’s Pizza, for an undisclosed sum. Global investors SEB private equity and Hong Kong-based General Oriental...
KKR, Carlyle, GSO among potential bidders for JPMorgan Asia investment arm - report
KKR, The Carlyle Group and Blackstone's credit arm, GSO Capital Partners are said to be among potential buyers for JPMorgan Chase's Asia-based principal investment business, Global Special Opportunities Group (GSOG). The valuation is likely to be more...
Silver Lake backs Avago's LSI purchase with $1b investment
Tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake is investing another $1 billion in Singaporean chip maker Avago Technologies to help fund its $6.6 billion acquisition of LSI Corporation.
Anacacia completes two deals in health and education
Australian private equity firm Anacacia Capital has completed two new acquisitions in the health and education sectors: healthcare equipment manufacturer Oxford Group and Careers Training Group - formed as a merger between vocational training firms Selmar...
Japan's Sompo mulls $1b purchase of Bregal-owned insurer Canopius
Sompo Japan Insurance is looking to acquire Canopius Group, a UK insurer which is 84%-owned by London-headquartered private equity firm Bregal Capital.