Asia
Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault set up $1b auto VC fund
Automotive giants Renault, Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors have launched a venture capital fund that will invest $1 billion in advanced car technologies with a strong presence in Asia.
Pantheon promotes Alex Wilmerding to partner
Pantheon has promoted Alex Wilmerding, who is responsible for client relationships across Asia Pacific and also sits on the regional investment team, to partner.
Affinity closes fifth Asia fund at $6b
Affinity Equity Partners has completed a first and final close on its fifth pan-Asian fund at the hard cap of $6 billion after approximately five months in the market.
MBK promotes COO to partner
MBK Partners has promoted Bryan Byungsuk Min, currently the firm’s COO, to partner.
Q&A: The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, discusses the likelihood of a global economic slowdown, areas of interest in Asia, and the evolution of the private equity funding model
AVCJ Awards 2017: Firm of the Year & Fundraising of the Year - Large Cap: KKR
From raising the largest pan-regional fund ever seen in Asia to concluding Japan’s biggest PE buyout, KKR has enjoyed an eventful 12 months
He said, she said: 2017 in quotes
What industry participants had to say at AVCJ events on issues ranging from carve-outs in Japan to spin-outs in China and from addressing disruptive technologies to politics in the Philippines
Timeline: 2017 by numbers
A selection of the key fundraising, investment and exit events - presented in chronological order - from the past 12 months
Musical chairs: Asia PE people moves
A selection of the transfers, promotions, arrivals and departures in the private equity community in 2017
Five trends for 2018
AVCJ looks at how its 2017 predictions turned out and identifies some key themes for the year ahead
AVCJ at 30: Part Six - The Expectations Game
Lewis Rutherfurd of Inter-Asia Venture Management, Piau-Voon Wang, David Pierce of HQ Capital, Weijian Shan of PAG Asia Capital, Michael Kim of MBK Partners, Dan Carroll of Brooklands Capital Strategies, Joseph Bae of KKR, and Brooks Zug of HarbourVest...
Finstar commits $50m to Southeast Asia fintech program
Finstar Financial Group, a Russia-based private equity firm focused on financial technology, will invest $50 million in an existing portfolio company as part of a Southeast Asian mobile consumer lending agenda.
2017 in review: Peak of the cycle?
Large-cap buyouts take private equity investment to record high; KKR leads the way in fundraising, but renminbi vehicles still distort the market; IPOs flourish amid global public markets boom
AVCJ at 30: Part Five - Global Competition
Dan Carroll of Brooklands Capital Strategies, David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group, Joseph Bae of KKR, and Jonathan Lavine of Bain Capital on the rise of global buyout firms in Asia
Q&A: Bain Capital's Stephen Pagliuca
Stephen Pagliuca, co-chairman of Bain Capital, on carving out Toshiba’s flash memory business, rising valuations, and how functional and sector expertise will define the PE firms of the future
AVCJ at 30: Part Four - Buyouts Across the Region
Joseph Skrzynski of CHAMP Private Equity, Peter Wiggs of Archer Capital, Tim Sims of Pacific Equity Partners, and Richard Folsom of Advantage Partners on the development of buyouts in Australia and Japan
Q&A: HQ Capital's Georg Wunderlin & David Pierce
Georg Wunderlin, CEO of HQ Capital, and David Pierce (pictured), the firm’s Asia head, discuss investor appetite for private equity, the popularity of separately managed accounts, and consolidation within the industry
AVCJ at 30: Part Three - The Rise of China
David Pierce of HQ Capital, Gary Rieschel of Qiming Venture Partners, Shangzhi Wu of CDH Investments, and Weijian Shan of PAG Asia Capital on China's emergence as a private equity and venture capital destination
KKR makes seven senior-level promotions in Asia - update
Diane Raposio, who leads KKR’s fundraising activities in Asia, and Jaka Prasetya, the firm’s Indonesia head, have both been promoted to partner level.
Japan's Nomura to launch private equity unit
Nomura is reviving its private equity business with a view to participating in the founder succession and corporate divestment opportunities that are attracting a lot of interest in Japan.
AVCJ at 30: Part Two - The Asian Financial Crisis
Weijian Shan of PAG Asia Capital, Piau-Voon Wang, Dan Carroll of Brooklands Capital Strategies, and Michael Kim of MBK Partners on the impact of the Asian financial crisis
Intractable tech
Even if pan-Asian buyout firms aren't actively pursuing investments in internet-related businesses, they cannot ignore the potential disruptive impact of these technologies on other portfolio companies
AVCJ journalist wins award
Asian Venture Capital Journal was honored at the 2017 State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific, for its private equity coverage.
KKR appoints new Asia public affairs head
KKR has appointed David Katz, formerly deputy global head and Asia Pacific head of government relations at PayPal, as a director and head of public affairs for the region.