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Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia

MSPEA rides out Volcker impact

For most Asia-focused GPs that were once captive units of investment banks, the shadow of their former parent has long since faded. Restrictions on financial institutions as LPs is a problem, but they are already accustomed to life without balance sheet...

  • Fundraising
  • 16 July 2014
Morgan Stanley PE Asia closes Fund IV at $1.7b

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has closed its fourth Asian fund at approximately $1.7 billion. The vehicle launched in mid-2012 with a target of $1.5 billion and reached a first close later that year of around $750 million.

  • Fundraising
  • 07 July 2014
PE-backed Tianhe sees marginal gain after $658m HK IPO

Tianhe Chemicals Group saw its stock gain up to 5% during the first morning of trading in Hong Kong. The company, which is backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) and PAG, raised HK$5.1 billion ($658 million).

  • Exits
  • 20 June 2014
MSPEA in $293m Korea construction materials carve-out

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has acquired a construction materials business from a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group in a deal worth KRW300 billion ($293.4 million), including debt.

  • Buyouts
  • 18 June 2014
MSPEA wins approval for Yongye take-private

A take-private bid for Chinese nutrients company Yongye International, supported by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), has won shareholder approval. The NASDAQ-listed firm is now set to de-list.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 June 2014
PE must prove value credentials to China targets - AVCJ Forum

Private equity investors in China must be more careful picking sectors and prepared to work harder to secure deals and deliver acceptable returns, industry participants told the AVCJ China Forum.

  • Greater China
  • 10 June 2014
MSPEA-backed Tianhe targets $818m Hong Kong IPO

Tianhe Chemicals Group, a Chinese specialty chemicals maker backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), is seeking to raise up to $818 million through a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 04 June 2014
PE-backed consortium ups privatization bid for China's Yongye

A consortium supported by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has modified its take-private bid for Chinese nutrients company Yongye International, sweetening the deal in return for a lower shareholder approval threshold for it to go through.

  • Buyouts
  • 11 April 2014
Morgan Stanley PE Asia agrees two China take-privates

Two privatizations US-listed Chinese companies backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) have won board approval. Noah Education Holdings and Sino Gas International Holdings are now a shareholder vote away from de-listing.

  • Buyouts
  • 04 April 2014
MSPEA makes another partial exit from Sihuan Pharma

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has made another partial exit from Hong Kong-listed Sihuan Pharmaceuticals, generating up to HK$1.12 billion ($145 million) through a block trade.

  • Exits
  • 04 April 2014
Shareholders reject MSPEA-backed Yongye privatization

Shareholders have rejected a $339 million offer - supported by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) - to take US-listed Chinese animal and plant feed maker Yongye International private.

  • Greater China
  • 06 March 2014
MSPEA-backed Feihe International buys Alf Beta Dairy

Feihe International, a Chinese infant formula and milk power producer backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), has acquired industry peer Jilin Alf Beta Dairy.

  • Greater China
  • 20 January 2014
Baring Asia to exit Noah Education as MSPEA makes take-private offer

Baring Private Equity Asia is on course to exit Noah Education Holdings after Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) and senior management tabled a take-private bid that values the company at around $108 million. This is MSPEA’s second privatization...

  • Buyouts
  • 06 January 2014
MSPEA in take private bid for Sino Gas

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) is supporting a management buyout of Sino Gas International Holdings that values the US-listed Chinese gas distributor at approximately $15.9 million. This would be the third investment from the PE firm's fourth...

  • Infrastructure
  • 10 December 2013
GPs upbeat on changing LP base - AVCJ Forum

While some LPs may have retreated from the asset class in recent years, private equity firms are increasingly identifying new sources capital as other investors - either from Asia or looking to tap Asia - remain eager to allocate.

  • Fundraising
  • 12 November 2013
MSPEA set for partial exit as Hyundai Rotem IPO raises $585m

Hyundai Rotem, a train manufacturer backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), will complete the fourth-largest IPO ever executed on the Korea Exchange and the biggest in more than three years. The offering will generate proceeds of KRW622.4...

  • Exits
  • 21 October 2013
MSPEA completes quiet Korea acquisition

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia’s (MSPEA) investment in Ssangyong C&B and Monalisa is like an iceberg: only one sixth was immediately visible. When the deal was first announced earlier this year, the information disclosed concerned a South Korean...

  • North Asia
  • 03 October 2013
MSPEA-backed privatization of Yongye wins board approval

A $339 million management buyout offer for Yongye International, supported by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), has won board approval. The US-listed Chinese animal and plant feed maker is now set to be taken private, pending a shareholder vote.

  • Buyouts
  • 24 September 2013
MSPEA-backed Hyundai Rotem to raise up to $575m in IPO

Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean train maker backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), intends to raise as much as KRW622.4 billion ($575 million) in what is set to be the country's biggest IPO so far this year.

  • North Asia
  • 17 September 2013
Morgan Stanley PE Asia makes partial exit from Sihuan Pharma

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) will make a partial exit from Hong Kong-listed Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings, joining company management in selling a 6.8% stake via a block trade agreement.

  • Exits
  • 10 September 2013
Morgan Stanley leads $53m round in India’s Janalakshmi MFI

Microfinance lender Janalakshmi Financial Services has raised INR3.25 billion ($52.8 million) in a Series D round of funding led by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia.

  • South Asia
  • 15 August 2013
Asia PE: Taking the temperature

AVCJ assembled a group of private equity industry leaders to share their views on the prospects for exits in Asia, changing expectations and approaches to China, and how to address LP interest in co-investment

  • Greater China
  • 03 July 2013
Take-private deals for China's 7 Days, Feihe near completion

Chinese budget hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings is set to be privatized after shareholders voted in favor of a PE-backed management buyout that values the company at around $688 million. A $147 million privatization of Chinese dairy firm Feihe International...

  • Greater China
  • 27 June 2013
AVCJ China Awards: PE professional of the Year – Homer Sun

Somewhat unusually for Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia’s (MSPEA) China team, the last 12 months have been dominated by buyout deals. Leading Beijing convenience store chain Hi-24 was acquired last November through a corporate carve-out and then two...

  • Performance
  • 26 June 2013
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