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CICC loses talent as KKR, TPG deal nears
The $1 billion-plus sale of Morgan Stanley's 34.3% stake in leading PRC i-bank China International Capital Corp (CICC) to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG Capital appears to be coinciding with a talent flight from the bank, as the bank moves to allow...
CIC appoints John Mack and Joseph Yam to board
The China Investment Corporation (CIC), the PRC's flagship sovereign wealth fund, has welcomed two new members onto its international advisory council: John Mack, Chairman of Morgan Stanley, who stepped down from his CEO position in January this year...
Morgan Stanley private equity supremo Trevor leaves
Stephen Trevor, co-head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management and hired in 2006 to head up the new private equity business within the division, is stepping down alongside co-head Stuart Bohart.
Update: Morgan Stanley co-head of M&A departs for Barclays
One month after news broke of Morgan Stanley's Asia Pacific head of M&A Edward King departing to Barclays, the British bank has reportedly lured one of King’s replacements at Morgan Stanley, Peter Ding.
Taizinai ex-chairrman under arrest
Li Tuchun, former founding chairman of troubled Actis, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley drinks manufacturer investee Hunan Taizinai Group, has been arrested by mainland authorities on suspicion of embezzling state funds, according to PRC media reports....
Morgan Stanley's King to depart to Barclays
Morgan Stanley's Asia Pacific head of M&A Edward King is reportedly to depart the bank for Barclays, where he is slated to hold a parallel position.
Morgan Stanley's Roach returns to New York
After three years as Hong Kong-based Asia Chairman of US investment bank Morgan Stanley, Stephen Roach, 64, the highly influential economist, will leave Asia, returning to the US to take a teaching role at the School of Management of Yale University with...
Secondary buyouts: Second helpings?
Secondary buyouts appear to be gathering pace in Asia Pacific, from the buyers reportedly circling Loscam in Australia to indications of interest around China Network Systems in Taiwan.
CSRC review of MS CICC stake sale begins
Morgan Stanley has begun the formal application process to the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for the sale of its 34.3% stake in PRC investment bank China International Capital Corp. (CICC).
Taizinai liquidiation challenged
In the latest, not unexpected, complication in the attempts by private equity investors and debt-holders to recover money from struggling PRC milk drinks producer Hunan Taizinai Group, the company's chairman, Li Tuchun, is said to be resisting efforts...
Taizinai puts China risk on show
The deteriorating situation around Hunan Taizinai Group, a PRC dairy company now in provisional liquidation with RMB3 billion ($440 million) in debt, is turning into quite a lesson on the risks of emerging markets investing, particularly in China.
Caveat emptor
Only a few weeks ago it was all looking so easy for Asia Pacific dealmaking.
Actis, Goldman, Morgan Stanley's Taizinai collapses with $440 million debts
Actis Capital, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley investee Hunan Taizinai Group, a PRC dairy company, has gone into provisional liquidation with RMB3 billion ($440 million) in debt.
Real estate: China boom or bubble?
The role of subprime real estate assets in the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US and the snowball effect of the GFC may have implicated real estate and all its derivates as largely to blame; but in Asia, and especially China, property seems to have...
Unitius recruits ex-Morgan Stanley, UBS leads
Unitius Capital, a financial advisory business that focuses on capital sourcing for microfinance and other socially-focused operations, has recruited former Morgan Stanley India CEO and Country Head Narayan Ramachandran as its new co-chairman, as well...
Asian Genco power win sets no precedent
The $425 million significant minority investment into Singapore-headquartered Indian power generation infrastructure group Asian Genco by a consortium of investors led by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has been hailed as a first for the sector....
Advent's Nayak for Morgan Stanley India head
Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of PJ Nayak, currently an operating partner in India for Advent International Private Equity, and former head of Axis Bank until 2009, as its new India CEO and country head.
Mystery buyer for Morgan Stanley CICC stake
China International Capital Corp. (CICC) chairman Li Jiange said publicly that his bank's longterm investor Morgan Stanley had finally fixed a buyer for its 34.3% CICC stake - but he declined to say who.
Morgan Stanley may hand over ANA hotels
Morgan Stanley may have to give up its $2.4 billion portfolio asset of Japan's ANA Hotel chain to creditors, if as expected, the firm fails to repay debts due in April this year.
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).
Morgan Stanley Real Estate set to sell China asset
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Asia (MSREA) is said to be in final talks to sell a Shanghai apartment complex to Alpha Investment Partners, a unit of Singapore-based developer Keppel Land, in a deal estimated at around $130 million.