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Sage set to acquire PE-owned MYOB
UK software maker Sage is believed to have acquired Australian accounting software company MYOB from private equity owners Archer Capital and HarbourVest Partners, beating Bain Capital and KKR, sources close to the auction tell AVCJ.
Sage joins MYOB auction
UK software maker Sage has submitted a bid to acquire Australian accounting software rival MYOB from private equity owners Archer Capital and HarbourVest Partners, joining Bain Capital and KKR in the auction, according to domestic reports.
Bain, KKR submit finalized bids for MYOB - report
Bain Capital and KKR have submitted their final bids for Australian accounting software provider MYOB, which is currently owned by Archer Capital and HarbourVest Partners. The deal could be worth more than A$1 billion ($1.05 billion), Reuters reported.
Bain, KKR to bid for PE-owned MYOB - report
Bain Capital and KKR are reportedly among the contenders to acquire Australian accounting software provider MYOB from owners Archer Capital and HarbourVest Partners. Bidding for the asset, which could reach A$1 billion ($1.03 billion), is slated to begin...
The Asian office: Regional, local or both?
I've said before that it's high time GPs based in US and Europe resume plans to set up offices in Asia. Before these ambitions were mothballed during the global financial crisis, I was often asked where in the region it is best to locate an office. The...
European banks tipped to dispose $45m in PE assets by 2014
European banks could divest up to $45 billion in private equity assets within three years, according to Thomas Liaudet, a partner at Campbell Lutyens. Financial institutions are looking to rid themselves of non-core assets as they restructure their businesses...
HarbourVest sees net asset value hit record high
HarbourVest Global Private Equity posted a net asset value of $10.92 per share on Wednesday, its highest ever level. The increase – up 6.6% from January and up 9% since the private equity firm listed in 2007 – was driven by rising portfolio asset...
NewQuest, backed by PE consortium, acquires BoaML Asia’s non-real estate assets
A newly launched fund managed by NewQuest Capital Partners, backed by a consortium consisting of Paul Capital, HarbourVest Partners, LGT Capital Partners and Axiom Asia, has acquired “substantially all” of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BoaML)...
Succession in private equity
Perhaps it is a sign of market maturity, or maybe it is a signal that the effects of the global financial crisis has passed, but the past few months have seen quite a few human resources changes within the Asian private equity industry. While changing...
Deal making Down Under
The 8th Annual AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum in Sydney brought together optimists, skeptics, GPs, LPs and the industry that makes Austrasia a hotbed of private investment activity
AVCJ Australia Forum debates Oz supers’ expectations
The opening to the 8th Annual Australia & New Zealand AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum delved straight into the issues that are most pressing for the industry Down Under. Australia’s connection to Asian growth, question marks around taxation and...
Global directives and PE
Private equity investing can be thwarted, stalled or propelled into action in certain countries based on legal and tax structures. AVCJ looks at what may affect the industry in 2011.
HarbourVest moves Flower to Hong Kong to support secondaries
HarbourVest Partners has relocated Tim Flower, a Vice President based with the firm's London office since 2008, to Hong Kong to head up its new push for secondaries investments around Asia Pacific.
HarbourVest invests $300 milllion in five Arcapita companies
HarbourVest Partners has bought minority stakes in five of Bahraini investment bank Arcapita Inc.’s non-MENA portfolio companies for $300 million, and further inked a follow-on capital commitment to aid the companies’ future growth.
Which way for Asian private equity?
The release of CalPERS's latest fund performance results comes at an interesting time.
Funds of funds build LP returns
After boom times, consolidation beckons?
New regulations in Europe: the perils of painting with a broad brush
In Part 2 of this special on the changing regulatory climate, Brian McLeod explores the genesis and potential impact of European Union regulatory initiatives on private equity firms in Asia
The dynamics of secondaries
Once-owned LP positions for Asia Pacific and elsewhere
China stakes its claim
PRC dominates as fundraising and IPOs boom in 1H2010
Secondaries show Asia’s maturity?
Secondary fund transaction volumes are one indicator of the scale and maturity of a region’s private equity industry.
Secondary buyouts: Second helpings?
Drivers and prospects for Asia Pacific’s handed-on assets
HarbourVest buys up Saudi stake in funds
According to reports, HarbourVest Partners has purchased Saudi conglomerate Saad Group’s stake in up to 30 private equity funds.
Private equity insights from Japan
GPs, LPs state their views
HarbourVest recruits Lund for EMEA marketing
HarbourVest Partners has enhanced its initiative to develop new LP clients in MENA and Europe with the hire of Simon Lund as Head of Sales and Marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.