CLSA Capital Partners
Diamonds lurk among the Japanese midcaps
Deal-making opportunities remain in Japan’s mid-cap space, spurred by domestic consolidation and corporate ambitions for overseas expansion
CLSA enters India test preparation space
India's parallel education segment remains attractive to private equity investors as rising incomes enable parents to supplement the core services provided by schools and universities with specialist support in areas such as test preparation. CLSA Capital...
CLSA commits $22m to India's Resonance Eduventures
CLSA Capital Partners has invested $21.8 million for a minority stake in Resonance Eduventures, an Indian education specialist. It marks the fifth investment in India by the $333 million ARIA Investment Partners III and the 10th by the ARIA group of funds...
Hony makes first QFLP investment
Hony Capital has made the first investment under Shanghai's Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) program. The firm has reportedly agreed to invest in Shijiazhuang Hongray Group, a disposable gloves manufacturer. Financial details were not given.
CITIC's mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy
The news was brief yet had potentially far-reaching consequences: the private equity arm of Chinese financial behemoth CITIC Group would launch a RMB5 billion ($777 million) renminbi-denominated mezzanine fund.
CLSA makes $15m investment in Indonesian tea company
CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has invested $15 million in PT Sari Wangi AEA, which claims to be the largest privately held tea company in Indonesia.
CLSA invests $20m in Indonesian auto financing firm
CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has agreed to pay $20 million for a minority stake in PT Sinar Mitra Sepadan Finance (SMS Finance), an Indonesian auto financing firm.
CLSA Capital Partners appoints new fundraising head
CLSA Capital Partners has appointed Juliana Wood to lead its marketing and fundraising operations from Singapore. In this capacity, she will report to COO Randy Wilbert.
Two more PE firms win QFLP approval in Shanghai
SB China Venture Capital and Shanghai Guosheng CLSA Venture Capital have won approval from the Shanghai government to participate in the Qualified Foreign Limited Partners (QFLP) initiative. They join The Carlyle Group, Blackstone and DT Capital Partners,...
Japanese GPs still see opportunities
Private equity investors are thinking twice about trouble-hit Japan, but reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated
Two more firms approved by Shanghai for QFLP program
First Eastern Investment Group and a joint venture between CLSA and Shanghai Guosheng have joined Blackstone, Carlyle and DT Capital as firms approved for Shanghai's QFLP program.
China's natural resources M&A on the ups
Hot on the heels of AVCJ’s recent China M&A overview, in which higher highs were cited as likely in the country’s ongoing quest to secure future natural resources supplies to keep its development trajectory on track, Minmetals Resources put forward a...
The heart of the RMB
With so many offshore investors now scrambling to launch RMB funds, the issues around the liberalization of the Chinese currency – which the US government is trying hard, with limited success to effect – longer term convertibility must be addressed.
CLSA Capital Partners makes debut Pacific Transportation deal with OSL
CLSA Capital Partners has announced the first investment from its Pacific Transportation Asia logistics and shipping private equity unit, with a majority investment in OSL Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-based dry bulk ship owner and operator.
ADB announces two new clean energy fund investments
The Asian Development Bank has announced investments of $20 million each in two new Asia-focused clean energy funds: the Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund, backed by CLSA Capital Partners, and the Renewable Energy Asia Fund, supported by UK-headquartered...
CLSA Capital Partners may sell Everlife as secondary transaction
CLSA Capital Partners, the alternative asset management arm of CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, reportedly plans to exit its Japanese portfolio company, food and supplement maker Everlife, in a deal worth as much as JPY70 billion ($839 million).
Industry Q&A: Richard Pyvis
Richard Pyvis, Executive Chairman at CLSA Capital Partners, talks about CLSA’s approach to private equity, and its relationship to its parent brokerage and investment group.
CLSA invests Norway with desalination company Aqualyng
CLSA Capital Partners has invested $8 million for a minority stake in Norwegian desalination company Aqualyng Holding, as part of the latter's efforts to raise $24 million of capital.
CLSA RMB fund JV aims to start investing 3Q10
Hong Kong-headquartered brokerage firm CLSA's China asset management joint venture aims to close on RMB10 billion ($1.5 billion) for its new energy and new materials-focused fund, according to Shi Derong, chairman of state-owned Shanghai Guosheng Group...
CLSA Fudo plans new Tokyo hires
CLSA Capital Partners' Japan-based real estate platform, Fudo Capital, plans to hire more staff in Tokyo this year as it invests its $816 million Fudo Capital II fund.
IFC invests in CLSA green fund
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced it will commit up to $25 million to CLSA Capital Partners’ Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund, a pan-regional fund targeting clean energy technology investments.
Real estate: blossoming in Japan?
Japan is now entering this year’s cherry blossom season, and people are feeling the lift after the long cold winter.
Mid-cap vs buyouts: may the best financing win
The year following the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the onset of the global financial crisis was not a good one for Japan.
CLSA invests India microfinance
CLSA Capital Partners has invested $24 million for a minority stake in Equitas Micro Finance India, a Chennai-based company providing microfinance to Indian low-income households.