Bain Capital Asia
Bain consortium buys Maldives seaplane operator from Blackstone - update
Bain Capital Private Equity has teamed up with two Chinese partners to acquire Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA), the world’s largest seaplane operator, from The Blackstone Group.
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
Western Digital drops challenge to Bain consortium’s Toshiba deal
Western Digital Corporation has dropped its legal challenge to the acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), the Nand flash memory unit of Toshiba Corporation, by Bain Capital Private Equity-led consortium.
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
Bain completes tender offer for Japan’s ADK
Bain Capital Private Equity has completed its tender offer for Japanese advertising agency Asatsu-DK (ADK), acquiring a majority stake in a deal that values the company at JPY153 billion ($1.3 billion).
India platform building requires GP commitment – AVCJ Forum
Indian GPs are increasingly attracted to platform-building strategies for adding value to their portfolio companies, but PE investors attempting this approach must be prepared to commit enough time and resources to see it through.
Bain to make full exit from Japan's Bellsystem24
Bain Capital Private Equity has agreed to make a full exit from Japan-based call center business Bellsystem24 by selling its remaining 14.43% stake to domestic printing company Toppan Printing.
Bain to complete exit from Japan's Skylark
Bain Capital Private Equity will divest its remaining 15% stake in Japanese restaurant operator Skylark, completing a gradual sale of the business it acquired in 2011 and took public three years later.
WPP agrees to Bain tender offer for Japan's ADK
Bain Capital Private Equity’s tender offer for Japan-listed advertising agency Asatsu-DK (ADK) has overcome its biggest obstacle as the company’s largest shareholder WPP Group has withdrawn its objection to the deal.
Asian GPs see strong demand across multiple exit channels - AVCJ Forum
Private equity exits have proved strong in 2017, with a range of buyers showing an appetite for PE-backed companies, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum.
Bain to invest $1b in India's Axis Bank
Bain Capital Private Equity will invest INR68.5 billion ($1.05 billion) in India’s Axis Bank through a combination of equity shares and warrants that – on conversion – will give it a 4.87% stake.
Japan's ADK faces lawsuit following Bain tender offer
Bain Capital Private Equity’s buyout offer for Japan-listed advertising agency Asatsu-DK (ADK) has prompted legal action by WPP Group, the company’s largest shareholder.
Toshiba shareholders approve $18b TMC sale to Bain consortium
The shareholders of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corporation have approved the sale of the company’s Nand flash memory unit Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC) to a consortium led by Bain Capital for JPY2 trillion ($17.6 billion).
ADK management offers support to Bain buyout bid
Japan-based advertising agency Asatsu-DK (ADK) has expressed its support for Bain Capital Private Equity’s proposed JPY151 billion ($1.3 billion) buyout, against opposition from its largest shareholder, WPP Group.
Bain launches $1.3b tender offer for Japanese ad agency
Bain Capital Private Equity has launched a tender offer for Japan-based advertising agency Asatsu-DK (ADK) that values the company at JPY151 billion ($1.3 billion).
Japan carve-outs: Slow burn story
Toshiba Memory Corporation is set to become Asia'a largest-ever PE buyout, if the deal goes through in its current form. But this doesn't necessarily mean the path to corporate divestments in Japan will become smoother
PE investors abandon Australia childcare merger
Outside school care providers Camp Australia and Junior Adventures Group (JAG), which are owned by Bain Capital Private Equity and Advent Partners, respectively, have abandoned plans to merge.
Bain, Goldman agree $2.7b exit from Carver Korea
Bain Capital Private Equity and Goldman Sachs have agreed to sell their majority stake in Carver Korea, a specialist cosmetics supplier, to Unilever in a deal worth EUR2.27 billion ($2.7 billion).
Bain's China education business set for NASDAQ IPO
Bain Capital Private Equity-owned Rise Education, a China-based company that provides after-school English teaching and tutoring services, has filed to list on NASDAQ.
Toshiba agrees $18b sale of chip unit to Bain consortium
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corporation has reached a final agreement to sell its Nand flash memory unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital for JPY2 trillion ($17.8 billion).
Toshiba, Bain sign MOU for chip unit - update
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bain Capital regarding the sale of its Nand flash memory unit to a consortium led by the PE firm.
Q&A: Bain Capital Credit's Barnaby Lyons
Barnaby Lyons, managing director and head of Asia at Bain Capital Credit, discusses the opportunities available in the region’s private credit space and the changing attitudes of investors toward the space
Bain reaches $557m first close on Asia special situations fund
Bain Capital Credit has reached a first close of $557 million on its Asia-focused special situations fund.
Australian regulator queries PE-backed childcare merger
Australia’s competition regulator has expressed concerns about the merger of outside school care providers Camp Australia and Junior Adventures Group (JAG), both of which are private equity-owned.