Affinity Equity Partners
Affinity not raising new fund
Notwithstanding earlier incorrect media reports, leading independent regional buyout firm Affinity Equity Partners has no plans to start raising a new fund this year.
Private equity leaders eye GS Retail in Korea
US buyout leader Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., South Korea-originated MBK Partners and Hong Kong's Affinity Equity Partners have all emerged as potential bidders for GS Retail,a retail business affiliate of South Korean conglomerate GS Group.
Affinity Loscam IPO gathers speed
Affinity Equity Partners Australian investee Loscam, a pallet supplier, has reportedly appointed Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank as advisors for its planned ASX IPO, which could reach up to A$800 million ($720 million).
Private equity's crisis year, by the numbers
The Research division of AVCJ has just released the full-year figures for the Asia Pacific market in 2009 – and they make interesting reading.
CalPERS places spotlight on placement
One not strictly Asia Pacific development that emerged lately – but one that certainly has implications for GPs here – is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing controversy over the relationship between California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)...
The KY Tang Top Ten for 2009
KY Tang’s Top Ten list for the year ahead has become an institution at the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forums – and beyond.
MBK can drive your car – maybe
An MBK Partners-led consortium may be on the point of picking up a highly attractive car leasing business from Korean chaebol Kumho Asiana Group, in a perhaps unlikely alliance with the country’s second largest mobile carrier, Korea Telecom (KT).
TheFaceShop - beautiful returns for investors
Affinity Equity Partners has pulled off a highly lucrative exit long rumored by AVCJ sources with its sale of Korean cosmetics investment, TheFaceShop, to Korean strategic buyer LG Household & Health Care Ltd., a division of LG Group.