Bain Capital Asia

MBK exits CNS to Want Want in 2010's biggest Asia result

MBK Partners has completed its exit from Taiwanese cable investee China Network Systems (CNS), selling its 60% stake to the head of local conglomerate Want Want China Holdings for $2.4 billion in 2010's largest Asian private equity exit, and nixing expectations...

Bain completes Mr. China ASIMCO deal

Bain Capital has announced the completion of its acquisition of ASIMCO Technologies Ltd., the Beijing-headquartered auto parts company made famous by the book ‘Mr. China,’ from Key Principal Partners and other investors in the business.

Alinta investors still in talks

TPG Capital – both its TPG Opportunities Partners debt unit and its private equity funds – Oaktree Capital, and Anchorage Advisers are still in talks with Bain Capital affiliate Sankaty Advisors and other debt holders about distressed Australian power...

Bain's Sankaty opposes TPG-led Alinta rescue in Australia

Sankaty Advisors, the special situations/credit affiliate of Bain Capital, is opposing the bailout plan led by TPG Capital's TPG Opportunities Partners unit, with Oaktree Capital and Anchorage Advisers, for struggling Australian power producer Alinta...

Bain converts GOME bonds to get 10% stake

US buyout firm Bain Capital has converted its RMB1.59 billion ($236 million) of bond shares in troubled Hong Kong-listed investee GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings, the second largest electric retail chain in the PRC, into a 9.98% equity stake, gaining...

Providence out of bidding race for Taiwan's CNS - reports

PE firm Providence Equity Partners has reportedly dropped out of the race to acquire MBK Partners-backed Taiwan cable operator China Network Systems (CNS) – an asset that could fetch up to $2 billion - leaving players Australian investment bank Macquarie...

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GOME spat with founder continues

In the latest development in the ongoing feud between Bain Capital investee HKSE-listed GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd. and its disgraced and imprisoned founder Huang Guangyu, Huang has apparently sought to terminate procurement and management...

Bain sets conversion of GOME shares

Controversial Bain Capital investee GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings has revealed that Bain will exercise its convertible bond stake in the company before a special meeting scheduled for September 28, giving it a 10% effective position.

Bain, Macquarie, Permira in frame for MBK's CNS

Bain Capital and the UK's Permira Advisers, as well as Macquarie Group, are among the final bidders selected by MBK Partners for its Taiwanese cable investee Cable Network Systems (CNS), which could fetch up to $2.5 billion, according to reports.

VC-backed REVA lists in Oz

Venture capital-backed REVA Medical, a San Diego-based innovative medical device company, has raised $63 million from its initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Macquarie, Providence and Bain bid on Taiwans CNS

Australia’s Macquarie Group and U.S. buyout fund Providence Equity Partners have submitted bids to acquire Taiwan’s cable network operator China Network Systems (CNS), currently 60%-owned by Pan-Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners, in a process...

Amit Chandra of Bain Capital

Amit Chandra, Managing Director of Bain Capital India, discusses why India tends to be over-built in its private equity industry and what that means for both short-term and long-term investments.

Bain goes for Mr. China’s ASIMCO

Bain Capital is to become the controlling shareholder of ASIMCO Technologies Ltd., the Beijing-based manufacture of automotive components made famous by the book ‘Mr. China,’ for $150 million.

MBK CNS process could jumpstart Taiwan deals

North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners has started the formal sale process for its Taiwanese cable TV/broadband asset China Network Systems (CNS) with the first bidding round, forecast to fetch up to $2.5 billion in a deal shaping up to be one of...

Bain Capital to invest $150 million in ASIMCO

Bain Capital has reached an agreement to acquire $150 million of controlling shares in ASIMCO Technologies Ltd., the Beijing-based manufacture of automotive components made famous in the book 'Mr. China', from existing shareholders, including some private...