CVC Capital Partners
CVC-backed Samsonite raises $1.25b in Hong Kong IPO
Private equity-backed luggage maker Samsonite raised $1.25 billion in its Hong Kong IPO after pricing shares at the bottom of a revised price range.
CVC-backed Samsonite aims for $1.51b raise
Samsonite, the luggage manufacturer majority-owned by CVC, has set a $1.51 billion target for its impending IPO in Hong Kong, slated to launch on June 16.
It's a private equity world out there
FOR MANY OF OUR READERS, THE WORDS ‘private equity’ may be most well associated with the business their company is conducting, private equity investing. Although that is true, private equity has grown to encompass a bigger meaning, especially in a world...
CVC ramps up focus on Filipino finance
CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS HAS MADE ITS first investment in the Philippines in more than a decade, taking a 15% stake in Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) – the market’s fifth-largest financial player by assets with aspirations of elevating its brand...
Carlyle, TPG and Sumitomo Mitsui eye stake in Malaysian lender
Carlyle and TPG have reportedly teamed up to jointly bid for a 25% stake in Malaysia’s RHB Capital, and are said to face off against Japanese financial group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to acquire the asset.
CVC takes 15% stake in Philippines bank for $115m
CVC Capital Partners has taken a 15% stake in Philippine bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) for approximately 4.96 billion Philippine pesos ($115 million), which RCBC aims to use for future acquisitions of SME-sized banks in the Philippines,...
CVC eyes Philippine bank stake - reports
CVC Asia Pacific is reportedly eyeing a stake acquisition in Filipino bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC), in line with the financial corporation’s aim to raise capital.
CVC's I-Med faces debt restructure
CVC Asia Pacific is reportedly set to present a restructuring plan to senior lenders of Sydney-based diagnostic imaging firm I-Med in an effort to find respite from its A$890 million worth of debt owed.
CVC partially exits Hung Hing
CVC via investment holding company Asia Packaging Company, has reportedly sold a 29.9% stake in Hong Kong-listed Hung Hing Printing Group to Rengo Co., Ltd, a paper and packaging materials manufacturer listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, for HK$1.43 billion....
Malaysian gambling operator may be up for grabs - reports
Malaysian entrepreneur Vincent Tan is reportedly considering the sale of a 49% stake in the unlisted gaming unit of Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd (B Toto), a holding company that owns, among its subsidiaries, assets linked to the gambling industry.
Commitment to markets
The commitment by private equity firms to a particular country market was the subject of a recent conversation with a prominent financial adviser. The Taiwan-based adviser claims that private equity firms are having problems making deals in Taiwan because...
CVC invests $269 million in Indonesian media group
European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners will invest 2.35 trillion rupiah ($269 million) in the cable TV and internet units of Jakarta-based media group PT First Media, taking a strategic partnership position, the company announced.
PE to buy Japanese restaurant chain
US private equity firm Bain Capital has emerged as a potential buyer for Skylark Co, a restaurant chain operator in Japan, which is being sold by Nomura Principal Finance, the investment arm of Japanese securities group Nomura Holdings, which currently...
CVC-backed Nine Entertainment sells CarSales.com stake
CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific-owned Australian TV network Nine Entertainment has sold its 49% stake in CarSales.com for a reported A$565.5 million ($569 million) to institutional investors - a move that has spurred questions about Nine’s planned IPO,...
CVC appoints bookrunners for Samsonite IPO
CVC Capital Partners controlled luggage maker Samsonite has reportedly mandated Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS for its planned IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange later this year. The listing is expected to raise around...
CVC, RBS plan Samsonite's Hong Kong IPO with potential advisors
CVC Capital Partners and the Royal Bank of Scotland are reportedly set to meet with investment banks to prepare for the IPO of global luggage brand Samsonite on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – a public debut expected to raise more than $1 billion.
CVC enters MOU to offload Magnum
CVC Capital Partners has reportedly entered into an MOU with Malaysian Multi-Purpose Holdings Berhad (MPHB) to sell its 47% stake in gaming forecaster Magnum Corp. MPHB also looking to take the 2% stake held by Magnum’s management, giving it 100% ownership...
Unitas and OTPP wave good-bye to stake in Yellow Pages
LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER UNITAS Capital and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) completed New Zealand’s largest leveraged buyout – paying a whopping NZ$2.1 billion ($1.57 billion) for the country’s Yellow Pages franchise – the private equity funds’...
CVC's Nine Entertainment nears IPO
CVC has named Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and UBS as its advisers for the intended public debut of Australian TV network Nine Entertainment, according to Australian reports, in a process that could come by the spring.
PE majors gear up for Seijo Ishii bid
Seijo Ishii Ltd, the Japanese upmarket superstore chain operator indirectly owned by Advantage Partners, has been approached by a host of private equity funds and investors including Bain Capital and CVC Capital Partners, as well as financial/ leasing...
No takeaway for QSR bidders
The brief flurry of excitement around the majority stake in Malaysian integrated food services business QSR Brands Bhd held by palm oil and plantation giant Kulim ended without result, when Kulim announced that it intended to hold on to the division....
QSR process ends without result as Carlyle, CVC turned down
The series of bids for the controlling stake in Malaysian fast-food group QSR Brands owned by parent group Kulim have ended without result for the Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific, with the target turning down all approaches.
CVC stalled in QSR process against Carlyle, KKR rumored: reports
The newly formed consortium of CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific and Malaysian group Idaman Saga has failed to top a bid by the Carlyle Group for QSR Brands Bhd, the local food services group that controls franchises for Kentucky Fried Chicken plus Pizza...