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CDH chairman eyes China cross-border opportunities
Cross-border transactions will become increasingly prominent in China private equity deal flow as the country’s economy matures and domestic companies seek to expand overseas, according to Shangzhi Wu, chairman and managing director of CDH Investments.
India Awards: Firm of the Year - Baring PE Asia
Baring Private Equity Asia’s efforts in India paid off last year with $650 million invested in Lafarge India and Hexaware Technologies. Jimmy Mahtani, the firm’s country head, tells AVCJ how it was done
India Awards: PE Deal of the Year – Alliance Tire Group
Sanjay Nayar, head of India at KKR, is cautiously optimistic about the prospects for private equity in the country. On one hand, there is belief in a long-term story driven by solid demographics and a clear need for strategic growth capital in key areas....
Q&A: Wolseley Private Equity's Richard Burrows
While other Australian GPs have moved on to larger transactions, Wolseley Private Equity remains resolutely lower mid-market. Richard Burrows, a director at the firm, explains why
4Q analysis: IPO awakening
Public market offerings return, or at least expectations of them; pan-regional players shore up weak fundraising market; growth deals to the fore as buyouts recede
NewQuest agrees $190m China Hydroelectric take-private
NewQuest Capital Partners has agreed to buy China Hydroelectric in a deal that values the US-listed hydropower operator at approximately $190 million.
Platinum buys Australia directories business Sensis
US private equity firm Platinum Equity has reached an agreement with Telstra Corporation, Australia's biggest phone company, to acquire a 70% stake in its directories business Sensis for A$454 million ($407.17 million).
Apollo holds $18.4b final close on global Fund VIII
Apollo Global Management has held a final close on its flagship global fund - Apollo Investment Fund VIII - at $18.4 billion, the largest of its kind since the global financial crisis.
Longreach agrees Christmas carve-out
Christmas was delayed at the Longreach Group as the North Asia-focused private equity firm finalized an agreement to buy Japanese molded plastics manufacturer Sol-Plus Group on December 25, bringing to an end several weeks of negotiations.
South Korea orders KT Corp to buy back satellite from Permira-owned ABS
The South Korean government has ordered telecom operator KT Corp. to buy back a satellite it sold to Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), a Hong Kong-based company owned by Permira.
Baring Asia to exit Noah Education as MSPEA makes take-private offer
Baring Private Equity Asia is on course to exit Noah Education Holdings after Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) and senior management tabled a take-private bid that values the company at around $108 million. This is MSPEA’s second privatization...
China Media Capital to buy 21st Century Fox's Star TV stake
China Media Capital (CMC) has agreed to buy 21st Century Fox’s 47% stake in Star China TV in partnership with company management. The acquisition gives CMC full ownership of what was previously News Corporation’s China portfolio, having bought a majority...
Hahn & Co to buy Hanjin’s bulk carrier business
Hahn & Co. will pay KRW400 billion ($380 million) for a 76% stake in Hanjin Shipping’s bulk carrier business. This is the South Korean private equity firm’s second foray into the shipping sector following an aborted attempt earlier this year to buy...
Longreach agrees Japan manufacturing carve-out
The Longreach Group has agreed to buy Sol-Plus Group, a Japanese plastics manufacturer with production facilities in Thailand, for an undisclosed sum.
VIDEO: Steve Koltes of CVC Capital Partners
CVC Capital Partners has completed two control deals in China in 2013 and Steve Koltes, the firm's co-founder and co-chairman, expects more to follow. This evolution of opportunities in existing markets - plus the opening up of new markets - will see...
CVC reaches $2b first close on fourth Asia fund - report
CVC Capital Partners has reportedly had a $2 billion first close on its fourth Asian fund which is targeting a final close of $3.5 billion.
Hahn & Co invests $190m in South Korea's Woongjin Foods
Hahn & Co has paid $190 million for a 57% stake in Woongjin Foods, Korea's third largest non-alcoholic beverage company and subsidiary of ailing conglomerate Woongjin Group.
Silver Lake backs Avago's LSI purchase with $1b investment
Tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake is investing another $1 billion in Singaporean chip maker Avago Technologies to help fund its $6.6 billion acquisition of LSI Corporation.
Japan's Sompo mulls $1b purchase of Bregal-owned insurer Canopius
Sompo Japan Insurance is looking to acquire Canopius Group, a UK insurer which is 84%-owned by London-headquartered private equity firm Bregal Capital.
Navis races to $860m first close on seventh Asia fund
Navis Capital Partners has reached a first close of $860 million on its seventh Asian fund after less than three months in the market.
Bain to acquire Japan's Macromill for $501m
Bain Capital is set to acquire Tokyo-listed Macromill, a Japanese online market research firm, after offering to buy all shares in the company for JPY51.4 billion ($501 million).
South Korea’s Vogo raises $350m for Fund II
Vogo Investment has raised $350 million for its second South Korea-focused fund. A final close is expected early in 2014 once final negotiations on terms with a few LPs, including domestic heavyweight the National Pension Service, are completed.
Quadrant acquires Australian water dispensing business
Quadrant Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Zip Industries, an Australian developer of small-scale hot water systems capable of delivering boiling water instantly. Its signature product the Zip HydroTap is popular domestically and exported...
2013: The year in numbers
A snapshot of the year's stand-out fundraising, investment and exit activity