CVC Capital Partners
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...
CVC-controlled Samsonite considers IPO in Hong Kong
Private equity-backed Samsonite, the famous Luxembourg-based luggage maker, is reportedly considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong, aiming to raise $1 billion to achieve liquidity for its owner, CVC Capital Partners.
CVC, SCPEL may list Amtek
CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific and Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd. investee Amtek Engineering, Singapore's largest metal stamping company and second largest precision engineering company, reportedly plans to raise as much as S$446-547 million...
MBK lands 2010’s biggest exit with CNS
In October 2006, the month when Partners was labeled the frontrunner to buy 60% of Taiwanese cable giant China Network Systems (CNS) for $1.6 billion, the firm was dubbed ‘fledgling’ by one global financial publication.
Murdoch, Packer stop Hellman & Friedman Ten bid
In a piece of corporate high drama as engaging as any episode of Bondi Rescue or its other major shows, Australia’s Ten Network saw media magnates James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch take up a joint 18% blocking stake in its parent Ten Holdings to head...
Australia's Ten Network chairman to step down after abortive Hellman & Friedman MBO: reports
Nick Falloon, the executive chairman of Australia's Ten Network, has offered to step down following a share raid by James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch that secured 18% of the company in the wake of a rumored privatization plan by Falloon and US PE firm...
CVC denies PBL Media will launch IPO in March
CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific has denied reports that it is looking to launch investee PBL Media on the public markets in March of next year, though representatives from the firm told AVCJ that they do not rule out an IPO in the future.
Citigroup considers divestment of $570 million in CVC assets
Citigroup is considering offloading $570 million worth of assets in CVC Capital Partners as part of its effort to streamline its alternative assets business, according to global reports.
CVC appoints Chan as senior advisor on financial institutions
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Ignatius Chan Tze Ching, formerly Head of Corporate and Investment Banking and Senior Country Corporate Officer for Greater China at Citigroup and Deputy CEO with Bank of China in Hong Kong, as a Senior...
NZ Yellow Pages showcases dangers of bull market LBOs
Just two months after pan-regional PE firm Unitas Capital and its co-investor Ontario Teachers Private Capital first kicked off the exit process of the New Zealand Yellow Pages Group, approaching a plethora of private equity and industry-related potential...
Daiwa- and Polaris-owned Q'sai sold to Coca-Cola West
Coca-Cola West has bought out Daiwa Corporate Investment- and Polaris Principal Finance-backed Japanese vegetable juice maker Q'sai for JPY63.9 billion ($757 million), which includes JPY28 billion ($331 million) of debt.
San Miguel scraps plans to sell stake in Pure Foods
Months after Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp. confirmed that it sought to offload a 49% stake in its foods division Pure Foods – an asset that could fetch $1.3 billion in its entirety and $600 million for its minority stake – the group has...
CVC and Standard Chartered win out in Acument Asia acquisition
CVC Capital Partners and Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited (SCPEL) have bested Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Unitas Capital for control of the Asian operations of Acument Global Technologies, a fastener and assembly-solutions company, with...
Yellow Pages auction up a gum tree?
Unitas Capital and Ontario LP direct investment major Teacher’s Private Capital are reportedly hunting for buyers for New Zealand’s Yellow Pages Group, having launched a sale process for the estimated $700 million asset – more than 50% lower than...
Unitas, OTPP ready NZ Yellow Pages for sale
Offering up the asset that launched NZ's much-praised "yellow tree house" ad campaign, regional buyout firm Unitas Capital and its co-investor Ontario Teachers Private Capital have kicked off the exit process from boom-era Antipodean telecoms investment...
Carrefour to sell off SEA stores
French hypermarket chain Carrefour reportedly aims to put its subsidiaries in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand up for sale in hopes of raising as much as $1 billion.
Carlyle in running for Pure Foods, no CVC bid
The Carlyle Group has entered a bid for 49% of Pure Foods, the division of Philippines conglomerate San Miguel opened by the parent for investment, with CVC Capital Partners - which was previously linked with the asset - reportedly not entering a bid.
San Miguel evaluates Carlyle, CVC Pure Foods buyout offers
Philippines conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said it is reconsidering offers from the Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners to buy 100% of its subsidiary Pure Foods, coming as it weighs the three domestic and one offshore offers it reportedly received last...
CVC's Leung, Kuan join Sun Hung Kai board
CVC Capital Partners has announced that Francis Leung, the firm's Chairman for Greater China, and William Ho, its Partner, have joined the board of investee Sun Hung Kai Financial as non-executive directors, with Managing Partner and Head of Asia Roy...
China stakes its claim
PRC dominates as fundraising and IPOs boom in 1H2010
San Miguel offers 49% of Pure Foods
Raymond Ang, president of Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp., has confirmed that the group will be selling 49% of its foods division Pure Foods, rather than the entire group, with an estimated value of $588 million.