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Buyouts still viable in Asia Pacific: ANZ Forum
GPs, LP and other market players at the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum \ ANZ 2010 confirmed that they feel buyouts are still viable deals in Asia Pacific, as long as targets are exceptionally strong.
Stokes Seven deal bets against media
Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes has merged publicly-listed media group Seven Network, which he co-owns with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., with his unlisted heavy machinery and mining business WesTrac, in an A$1 billion ($900 million) all-share deal....
GS Retail goes to Lotte, not private equity
South Korean discount and department store group GS Retail is reportedly being acquired by Lotte Group for some $1.2 billion – not by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. or the other private equity group reportedly involved in bidding for the asset.
Oz media rebates may help PE investees
Rebates announced by the Australian government for the next two years on the license fees that commercial free-to-air broadcasters pay to the state may prove a lifeline to hard-pressed private equity investors in the sector. Australia’s channels Seven,...
Bain, KKR, TPG may get CICC from MS
Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG Capital are reportedly on the shortlist for the final round of bidding for Morgan Stanley’s $1 billion+ stake in PRC investment bank China International Capital Corp. (CICC).
Private equity leaders eye GS Retail in Korea
US buyout leader Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., South Korea-originated MBK Partners and Hong Kong's Affinity Equity Partners have all emerged as potential bidders for GS Retail,a retail business affiliate of South Korean conglomerate GS Group.
Cohen at the gates of the China Club
One of the iconic figures of private equity’s LBO glory days in the 1980s, and co-star of Barbarians At The Gates, Peter A. Cohen, former chairman and CEO of Shearson Lehman Hutton, was in Hong Kong this week on behalf of his new firm, Cowen Group, and...
Private equity's crisis year, by the numbers
The Research division of AVCJ has just released the full-year figures for the Asia Pacific market in 2009 – and they make interesting reading.
Goldman gets Max India
Goldman Sachs direct investment unit Goldman Sachs Capital Partners has won out over reported interest from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the acquisition of Indian healthcare and insurance provider Max India Ltd.
Japan's niche businesses for changing times
Japan's more unusual businesses offer interesting investment possibilities.
KKR may go to the Max
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. reportedly may commit up to $117 million into Max India Group, the investment holding company of healthcare and insurance entrepreneur Analjit Singh.