EQT Partners
Talent shortages, financing issues hinder China buyouts
Buyout transaction value in China is 10 times larger than nine years ago, but executing deals is still challenging in terms of getting financing and placing the right operational expertise with portfolio companies.
EQT bakery investment proves out
EQT's 2010 acquisition of a controlling stake in Chongqing New Qinyuan Bakery – which it has just exited to Swire Pacific – was something of a coup for the European mid-market GP. Not only did the firm overcome several competitors, but it also managed...
The crystal ball: Predictions for 2015
From China and India to Southeast Asia and Japan, private equity professionals give their perspectives on the year to come for fundraising, investments and exits
EQT sells Chinese bakery chain to Swire Foods
EQT has sold its 65% stake in Chongqing New Qinyuan Bakery, a retail bakery chain based in southwest China, to Swire Foods, a subsidiary of Swire Pacific.
EQT exits Taiwan’s Gala TV
EQT Partners has exited Taiwanese cable TV operator Gala Television Corp. to the management of local conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group.
EQT taps mobile professional growth
As wealth among the Gulf states has has grown so has the demand for better healthcare. According to a recent report by Dubai-based Alpen Capital, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) healthcare market will be worth $69.4 billion by 2018 - up from $39.4...
EQT buys HK compliance and integrity service provider Dataflow
EQT Partners has acquired a majority stake in Dataflow Verification Services, an immigration compliance and credential verification service provider based in Hong Kong, via its EQT Mid Market Fund.
EQT to sell Taiwan cable TV network to Formosa Plastics
EQT Partners will sell Taiwanese cable TV network Gala Television Corp. to domestic conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group.
EQT plans to exit Taiwan cable TV unit
EQT Partners intends to exit its investment in Taiwan cable TV network Gala TV (GTV) for a reported NT$6 billion ($200 million).
EQT scans I-Med opportunity
When EQT made its first move to acquire Australian radiology provider I-Med, the first challenge was to build trust with the company’s management. The business had already been through a number of financial investors’ hands and it had not been an...
EQT confirms acquisition of Australia's I-Med
EQT Partners has confirmed its acquisition of Australian radiology provider I-Med Network Radiology alongside Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec of Canada and Singapore's GIC Private.
EQT buys restructured I-Med from hedge fund owners
Australian radiology provider I-Med Network Radiology is being sold by its hedge fund owners to a consortium led by EQT Partners.
EQT’s new fund goes global
The acquisition of a 65% stake in Qinyuan Bakery in 2010 was EQT Partners’ debut food service sector investment in China. Yet the deal was familiar territory for the GP, which was able draw on previous portfolio investments in Europe, including Vaasan&Vassan,...
A new constituency
As one GP now puts it, sovereign wealth funds "are now the 1,000-pound gorilla in the room."
EQT reaches $1.4b close on mid-market fund
EQT Partners has reached a final close of EUR1.1 billion ($1.48 billion) on its EQT Mid Market fund, which will focus on middle market buyouts and growth equity investments in Greater China, Southeast Asia and Northern Europe.
EQT acquires franchise operator China F&B Group
EQT Partners has bought a majority stake in China F&B Group, the Chinese franchise operator of international restaurant chains Dairy Queen and Papa John’s Pizza, for an undisclosed sum. Global investors SEB private equity and Hong Kong-based General...
Portfolio: EQT Partners and Japan Home Centre
In 2010 Japan Home Centre was already a successful domestic brand but to realize its IPO ambitions it needed the right partner to guide it through a period of rapid expansion – EQT Partners
EQT mulls deal for Dairy Queen, Papa John’s China franchisee – report
EQT Partners intends to buy a minority stake in RCS Group, a Chinese fast-food chain operator that owns franchisee rights for the Dairy Queen and Papa John’s Pizza, from existing investor Warburg Pincus.
Japan, Canada pension fund consortium makes first investment
A consortium of Canada's Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Scheme (OMERS) and a group of Japanese pension funds led by Mistubishi Corp. has made its first investment in Midland Cogeneration Venture (MCV), a gas power plant in the US. The details...
MVision opens Australia office
Placement agent MVision has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia. The move will allow MVision, which currently has a number of investment manager clients in Australia, to expand its reach into the Asia Pacific private equity market.
Q&A: EQT Partners' Martin Mok
Martin Mok, a Hong Kong-based partner at EQT Partners Asia, talks to AVCJ about what slowing economic growth and slowing public markets mean for private equity investors in China
EQT Partners invests in China Healthcare
EQT Partners has teamed up with the founder of China Healthcare and put in a cash offer to take the Singapore-listed company private. The deal values China Healthcare at S$80.4 million ($64 million).
EQT, TPG funds reflect Asia’s PE power
Asia's growing significance in the private equity world was further confirmed in two separate fundraising events last week. First in Europe, where EQT Partners announced that Asia Pacific LPs were responsible for nearly one quarter of total commitments...
WL Ross struggles to raise new fund
WL Ross & Co. has cut its target for its latest fund to $2-2.5 billion, having raised little more than one tenth of the $4 billion it set out to attract last year, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.