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Australia's Pepper accepts KKR credit unit's buyout offer

Australian mortgage lender and distressed debt servicer Pepper Group has accepted a buyout bid from KKR Credit Advisors (KCA).

  • Australasia
  • 10 August 2017
Blue Sky buys New Zealand tour operator

A consortium led by Blue Sky Alternative Investments has bought Active Adventures, a New Zealand-based company that offers guided activity-based trips in Nepal, Europe, and South America, as well as in its home country.

  • Australasia
  • 07 August 2017
Startupbootcamp launches Australia accelerator

Startupbootcamp has extended its network of industry-focused accelerators to 21 across 16 cities with the launch of a program for energy sector start-ups in Melbourne.

  • Australasia
  • 04 August 2017
Secondary buyouts: Peer to peer

Maligned by some investors, sponsor-to-sponsor deals are gradually becoming more prevalent in Asia as the private equity industry matures. What is the early verdict?

  • Greater China
  • 02 August 2017
Competition heats up for Australia data center business

Asia Pacific Data Centre Trust (APDC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns three data centers in Australia, has received a second takeover bid from existing shareholder NextDC.

  • Australasia
  • 26 July 2017
Australia's Westpac in talks to sell Hastings fund business

Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp. has entered exclusive negotiations to sell Hastings Fund Management to Australia-listed property developer Charter Hall Group.

  • Australasia
  • 25 July 2017
360 Capital seeks buyout of Australia data center business

Australian property funds manager 360 Capital is seeking to acquire Asia Pacific Data Centre Trust (APDC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns three data centers in Australia.

  • Australasia
  • 24 July 2017
Creditors to assume control of KKR-owned Bis Industries

Australian mining services provider Bis Industries has reached a debt-to-equity restructuring agreement with creditors that will see current owner KKR relinquish its majority position.

  • Australasia
  • 21 July 2017
IoT in Asia: Things to come

A number of political factors have positioned Asia Pacific to be a global leader in internet-of-things development. Investors must now navigate an unwieldy field of technologies, markets and social drivers

  • Greater China
  • 19 July 2017
Hamilton Lane opens Australia office

Hamilton Lane has opened an office in Sydney and hired James Martin, who previously spent five years at Partners Group focusing on institutional sales and deal origination, to lead local operations.

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2017
AirTree leads Series B for Australia consulting marketplace

AirTree Ventures has led a A$13 million ($10.1 million) Series B round of funding for Expert360, an Australia-based online marketplace that connects small companies with independent consultants.

  • Australasia
  • 17 July 2017
Affinity submits $1.6b offer for Australia's Vocus

Affinity Equity Partners has submitted a bid to buy Australian high-speed broadband internet provider Vocus Group for about A$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion), matching an offer made by KKR.

  • Australasia
  • 11 July 2017
KKR's credit unit offers $499m for Australia's Pepper

KKR Credit Advisors (KCA) has made a A$655 million ($499 million) offer for Australian mortgage lender and distressed debt servicer Pepper Group.

  • Australasia
  • 06 July 2017
Liberty House beats Korean PE consortium to Arrium deal

A group led by UK-based industrials and metals group Liberty House has agreed to acquire distressed Australian mining giant Arrium, beating out a private equity-backed Korean consortium.

  • Australasia
  • 06 July 2017
Quadrant to exit Australia's Zip Industries via trade sale

Quadrant Private Equity has sold Zip Industries, an Australia-based manufacturer of drinking water appliances, to global water treatment specialist Culligan International for an undisclosed sum.

  • Australasia
  • 06 July 2017
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PE executives in government: Late to the party

With private equity executives playing an unprecedented role in the Trump administration, the advantages that PE can bring to government – and vice versa – has come into the spotlight

  • North America
  • 05 July 2017
Denham terminates $42m takeover of Australian miner

Denham Capital has withdrawn from a commitment to fully acquire Cradle Resources that had valued the Australia-listed mining company at A$55 million ($42 million).

  • Australasia
  • 05 July 2017
PE investors drop bids for Australia’s Fairfax

Hellman & Friedman, along with a consortium led by TPG Capital and including Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), have withdrawn their bids to acquire Australia’s Fairfax Media.

  • Australasia
  • 03 July 2017
KKR to buy majority stake in Australia's Dixon Hospitality

KKR has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Dixon Hospitality, which operates a portfolio of more than 40 food and beverage outlets across major cities in Australia. The capital will come from the GP's third pan-Asian fund, which closed earlier this...

  • Australasia
  • 30 June 2017
Australia's VC-backed GetSwift receives $18m investment

IFM Investors has joined a A$24 million ($18.2 million) investment in GetSwift, an Australia-listed and VC-backed software provider focused on the logistics sector.

  • Australasia
  • 26 June 2017
Private equity and data centers: Get connected

With demand for outsourced data center services poised to take off in Asia, private equity investors are looking for ways to participate in the growth story

  • Australasia
  • 23 June 2017
Creditors take control of PE-owned Gerard Lighting

A creditor consortium led by Investec and Bain Capital Credit (BCC) has assumed full control of Gerard Lighting, an Australian light fittings distributor owned by CHAMP Private Equity.

  • Australasia
  • 23 June 2017
Portfolio: Partners Group and Guardian Early Learning

Now on its third PE owner, Guardian Early Learning Group is building its unique brand identity in Australia’s busy childcare sector. The key has been for each party to respect the strengths and needs of the other

  • Australasia
  • 21 June 2017
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Bolt-on acquisitions: Buying growth

Bolt-on acquisitions enable private equity firms to bring down the cost of investments through multiple arbitrage and leveraging synergies. But in a climate of heady valuations, are GPs thinking too big?

  • North Asia
  • 21 June 2017
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