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Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee steps down

Kewsong Lee has resigned as CEO of The Carlyle Group just over two years since assuming the role on a solo basis, with co-founder Bill Conway taking over in an interim capacity.

  • People
  • 09 August 2022
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Ex-EQT partner wins funding for Asia ESG services platform

Tak Wai Chung, who until early last year was a Singapore-based partner at EQT, has secured funding for a pan-Asian platform that will provide software solutions to corporates that need to meet environment, social, and governance (ESG) requirements.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 08 August 2022
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Bain targets $5b for fifth Asia fund

Bain Capital has launched its fifth Asia-focused private equity fund with a target of USD 5bn. It comes a couple of months after the firm closed its latest regional special situations vehicle on USD 2bn.

  • Buyout
  • 04 August 2022
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Seed platforms: Fishing minnows from ocean liners

Accelerators and seed investors are increasingly pursuing global mandates and building out large, international teams. The challenges are starting to cast shadows over the benefits, but it’s early days

  • GPs
  • 03 August 2022
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Weekly digest - July 27 2022

  • Region
  • 27 July 2022
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ESG in M&A: Eloquent exits

Private equity firms are increasingly presenting portfolio companies’ sustainability credentials in a prepared and formal way in trade sale situations. It appears to be worth the trouble

  • GPs
  • 27 July 2022
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KKR seeks up to $1.5b for Asia tech fund

KKR has launched its debut Asia-focused technology growth fund, two-and-a-half years after first indicating it would add this strategy in the region.

  • Fundraising
  • 25 July 2022
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Navis enters Asia credit space

Navis Capital Partners has launched a credit unit that will provide financing to companies in Asia that require growth capital but are reluctant to bring in equity investors.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 July 2022
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B Capital raises $250m for global early-stage fund

Los Angeles and Singapore-headquartered B Capital Group has closed its first dedicated early-stage fund with USD 250m in commitments. It will target the US and Asia.

  • North America
  • 20 July 2022
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Asia logistics: Cost and complexity

Investment opportunities are expected to emerge as companies look to technology as a means of easing inflationary pressure on supply chains. Will Asia’s shallow pool of specialist logistics GPs deepen?

  • Technology
  • 19 July 2022
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Weekly digest - July 13 2022

  • Region
  • 13 July 2022
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2Q analysis: Substituting China?

India and Southeast Asia come to the fore as China demonstrates weakness in both growth-stage investment and fundraising; exits continue to struggle amid reluctance from strategic buyers

  • Greater China
  • 12 July 2022
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LP interview: MetLife Investment Management

A preference for control-oriented strategies has left MetLife Investment Management with an Asia portfolio split equally between developed and emerging markets. There are no plans to upset the balance

  • LPs
  • 12 July 2022
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Asia's Emerald Hill makes top 10 in global fund-of-funds ranking

Emerald Hill Capital Partners, which closed its last fund in 2014 and decided against raising a successor vehicle several years ago, is the sole Asian representative in the top 10 of a global fund-of-funds performance ranking compiled by business school...

  • Performance
  • 07 July 2022
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Baring Asia exits Cath Kidston to UK turnaround investor

Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) has exited Cath Kidston, a UK lifestyle retailer that underwent a restructuring during the initial phase of COVID-19, to turnaround investor Hilco Capital.

  • Consumer
  • 05 July 2022
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Singapore-based Timothy Zee leaves PAG

Timothy Zee, a Singapore-based managing director with PAG whose primary responsibilities included deal sourcing and business development, has left the firm after 10 years.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 04 July 2022
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Fund focus: LGT eyes a buying opportunity

As LGT Capital Partners starts deploying its USD 1.65bn Asia fund-of-funds, it hopes that rationalising valuations and some consolidation of GP relationships will contribute to a strong vintage

  • Fund-of-funds
  • 28 June 2022
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PAG's Hong Kong IPO on hold amid weak market

Asia-focused private equity firm PAG has put its Hong Kong IPO on hold, three sources familiar with the situation told Mergermarket, AVCJ’s sister title.

  • Greater China
  • 27 June 2022
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LGT raises $1.65b for Asia fund-of-funds

LGT Capital Partners has closed its fifth Asia-focused fund-of-funds with USD 1.65bn in commitments, up from approximately USD 1bn in the previous vintage.

  • Fundraising
  • 23 June 2022
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L Catterton seals $360m Asia strip sale

A Hamilton Lane-led consortium has agreed to support a USD 360m continuation fund comprising structured minority interests in investments held by consumer sector specialist L Catterton’s third Asian fund.

  • Secondaries
  • 23 June 2022
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Weekly digest - June 22 2022

  • Region
  • 22 June 2022
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Placement agents: Asian entries

Asia’s sparse placement agent scene is fleshing itself out despite macro headwinds, but the model is being revised to adapt to a changing market. This appears irreversible

  • Greater China
  • 22 June 2022
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Clifford Chance poaches Asia funds partner from Kirkland

Clifford Chance has bolstered its Asia private funds offering with the recruitment of Liyong Xing, formerly a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.

  • People
  • 17 June 2022
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Crypto: Something for everyone?

Traditional VCs are becoming more active in Asia’s blockchain and web3 space, despite structural and philosophical obstacles to participation. Can they withstand the crypto winter?

  • Greater China
  • 15 June 2022
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