George A. Raffini
AVCJ at 25: George Raffini of Headland Capital Partners
George Raffini spent 21 years with HSBC’s Asia private equity unit before the team spun out to form Headland Capital Partners in 2010. He witnessed Asia reach new highs in the 1990s before brutally falling to earth
Q&A: Headland Capital Partners' George Raffini
After 21 years as a captive, HSBC’s Asia private equity unit spun out last year as Headland Capital Partners. Managing Partner George Raffini looks back on 12 months of change.
Headland becomes a test case for post-bank spinout PE funds
One of the most closely watched of the new wave of private equity team spinouts from major banks has completed with the announcement that the management team who led HSBC Private Equity Asia have now completed their separation from parent HSBC with the...
HSBC Private Equity Asia completes spinout as Headland Capital Partners
The management team who led HSBC Private Equity Asia have now announced the completion of its buyout from parent HSBC with the launch of Headland Capital Partners Ltd., under George Raffini and Marcus Thompson, Managing Partners of the new firm.
HSBC PE Asia spins out to management
HSBC has followed through on its plan, first discussed internally in June this year, to spin out its private equity divisions, at least in Asia, with the sale by HSBC Holdings of 80.1% of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Ltd. to Foci Holdings, an SPV backed...
Banks far down the spinout trail?
HSBC Private Equity Asia's spinout comes as no surprise.
HSBC sells HSBC Private Equity Asia unit to management
HSBC Holdings has announced the sale of 80.1% of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Ltd. to the management team of HSBC Private Equity, for a price tag of around $18.8 million, executing a spinout plan first reported in June.
HSBC PE to spin out
HSBC has announced that it is having internal discussions about the prospective spinning out of its private equity units, including HSBC Private Equity Asia and HSBC Asian Ventures, through a series of MBOs, following growing regulatory and financial...
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