Baring Private Equity Asia
"Big boys" battle it out in India
India's mid-cap market has materialized as a battleground for top-name private equity firms, as funds including Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Baring and ICICI Venture have emerged as contenders to invest between $50-75 million in two domestic...
CCB International sees 4x exit with China ITS
CCB International Asset Management Ltd., the investment and asset management arm of PRC lender China Construction Bank, has claimed a 4x return on one of its earliest deals, the 2006 investment into China ITS (Holdings) Co. Ltd., a leading PRC intelligent...
Jean Eric Salata of Baring Private Equity
Founding Partner and CEO of Baring Private Equity Asia Jean Eric Salata says that the RMB fund market in China is “new, it’s nascent, it’s not proven and we haven’t even seen it yet” - but also that its emergence in China is “natural.” And while foreign...
Baring plans $1.75 billion fund - reports
Leading growth-oriented regional investor Baring Private Equity Asia may soon start raising a new fund - its fifth - targeting $1.75 billion, according to reports, a substantial increase on its $1.52 billion Baring Asia Private Equity Fund IV.
Results, however volatile, in China
According to the recent AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Capital Report China 2010, around $12.9 billion was invested into the PRC over 2009, accounting for just under 30% of all private equity investment in Asia, China’s highest total ever by market share....
Bain draws secondary buyout interest for Outback in Asia
Bain Capital, seeking buyers for the Asian assets of investee Outback Steakhouse, is seeing strong private equity interest from firms including Barings Private Equity Asia, Permira, and Unitas Capital, according to reports.
Aspects of AsiaPac consumer investing
The Asian consumer, like the pre-crisis US consumer, has become a dependable staple and continues to be of particular interest for Asia Pacific investors looking to make investments.
Baring plans to relist Courts in Singapore
Baring Private Equity Asia investment vehicle Singapore Asia Retail, a home furniture and appliances operator wholly-owned by its Fund III and Kuwaiti JV partner Topaz Investment Worldwide Inc, is reportedly looking to raise up to S$170 million ($121.5...
Baring, Fidelity, Sequoia back Coastal Projects
Baring Private Equity Asia is reportedly due to join existing investors Sequoia Capital and Fidelity Investment Holdings by committing some $50-60 million to Hyderabad-headquartered infrastructure play Coastal Projects, which operates across sectors including...