Asia
Auda hires FLAG Squadron's Eunseok So
Auda International has appointed Eunseok So, formerly of FLAG Squadron Asia, as a senior vice president in its Hong Kong office.
Being global is about being good, not big - AVCJ Forum
The priority when building a global company is creating quality, not necessarily expanding outside your local market, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum.
OTPP hires Mount Kellett executive for Asia relationship investing
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Dan Kiang as Hong Kong-based director of relationship investing, including the group’s recent commitment to Sinopec Marketing as part of a PE consortium.
Affinity named firm of the year at AVCJ Awards
Affinity Equity Partners was named firm of the year at the 2014 AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Capital Awards on the back of a strong fundraise, investments in three different markets, and the largest trade sale exit ever seen in the region.
Auda hires ex-Paul Capital Asia head Lucian Wu
Lucian Wu, previously co-head of Asia at Paul Capital Partners, has joined Auda as a managing director.
Pantheon gets emerging markets mandate from Finland's VER
Pantheon has won a EUR100 million ($124 million) mandate from Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the Finnish state pension fund, for investments across Asia and emerging markets.
Private equity firm names: A brand apart
As private equity becomes more of a mainstream asset class, brand-consciousness kicks in. Finding a suitable name can be a challenge, particularly when operating in multiple markets and languages
Q&A: HEC's Oliver Gottschalg
Oliver Gottschalg, professor at HEC School of Management and head of research at PERACS, a quantitative analytics provider to the PE industry, explains why IRR is not the best judge of performance
Asia PE performance: Special measures
Asian private equity has, by some accounts, failed to meet LP expectations in terms of risk-adjusted returns. With GPs under pressure to show they can be company builders, is specialization the inevitable end game?
Onwards and upwards: Asia's PE growth trajectory
One of the hottest topics of last year's AVCJ Forum was whether the Asian private equity and venture capital industry can remain on its growth trajectory. The region’s assets under management have expanded 12-fold in the last 20 years. While there is...
Evercore adds to Asia private funds group
Boutique investment bank Evercore has hired Ian Bell from Credit Suisse to head up distribution and origination for its private funds group in Asia Pacific.
Baring Asia reaches $3.2b first close on Fund VI
Baring Private Equity Asia has reached a $3.2 billion first close on its sixth pan-regional fund, exceeding its original target of $3 billion for the entire vehicle.
Avenue Capital bolsters Asia team ahead of planned fundraise
Avenue Capital Group has hired two executives from PAG – Anil Gorthy and Dan Galanter – to lead its Asia business, with a new regional fund planned for the coming year.
Family ties: Asian family offices as LPs
As wealth in Asia has grown, so has the number of family offices. As these investors become more institutionalized, what can they do for private equity and what can private equity do for them?
Top-up time: VC opportunity funds
Northern Light Venture Capital would like to have participated in the recent $50 million Series D round of funding for Daojia, but it could not. The Series C round last September wasn’t possible either. As it stands, the VC firm has recorded a handsome...
Kirkland & Ellis boosts Asia private funds practice
Kirkland & Ellis has added two partners to its Asia private funds practice, with the promotions of Damian Jacobs and Jonathan Tadd. The firm now has four partners working on fund formation in the region.
KKR restructures Asia leadership team
David Liu and Ming Lu have been appointed co-heads of Asia private equity at KKR as several members of the firm’s leadership team across the region assume additional responsibilities. Joe Bae remains head of KKR Asia and chairman of the regional investment...
Archer seeks Asian partner to boost Brownes Dairy – report
Archer Capital is said to be seeking an Asian partner to invest in Brownes Dairy and help the milk producer market its products overseas, particularly in China.
LeapFrog jumps to $400m fundraise
“Emerging consumers across Africa and Asia are working to achieve prosperity and security for their families and businesses, but most have yet to reach the middle class. There is an immense demand for transformative financial tools,” says Andrew Kuper,...
Crowdfunding: Herd dynamics
More start-ups are tapping crowdfunding platforms for capital. How well prepared are Asian markets to accommodate the phenomenon and what does its emergence mean for venture capital investors?
SCPE, Tiger Group invest $95m in chemical tanking venture
Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) and specialist maritime investor Tiger Group Investments have agreed to commit $95 million to Greathorse Chemical, which owns and operates a fleet of chemical tanker vessels.
Secondaries: Deal flow spike
Secondary deal flow has reached record breaking levels in 2014. Regulatory reform and economic recovery have helped, but that is not the whole story - the maturing market is arguably more important
Asia fundraising: Big beasts
And just like that, it was done. This week The Carlyle Group closed its fourth Asian fund, drawing a line under a three-year process that has seen nearly all of the largest global and Asia-based private equity firms raise their first regional vehicles...
Carlyle closes fourth Asia buyout fund at $3.9b
The Carlyle Group has reached a final close on its fourth Asian fund - Carlyle Asia Partners IV (CAP IV) - at $3.9 billion.