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Navis exits label manufacturer Trimco to Partners Group
Navis Capital Partners has sold its majority stake in Trimco International Holdings to Partners Group. The size of the deal was not disclosed but the combination of exit proceeds and dividends received over a seven-year holding period will leave Navis...
Direct investment: Silent partners?
Limited partners are attracted by the low costs and potentially high returns of direct investment opportunities in Asia. Those with a finger on the market’s pulse are likely to prevail, provided they don’t get too greedy
NSSF selects eFront to help improve asset management practices
EFront, a financial software provider to investors in the alternative assets space, has agreed to work with China's National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF).
Kelvin Chan leaves Partners Group’s Asia PE team
Kelvin Chan has stepped down as a managing director with Partners Group’s Asia Pacific private equity team. The global private markets player, which makes primary, secondary and direct investments, has appointed Kelvin Yu in his place.
KPMG resigns as China Forestry auditor
KPMG has resigned as auditor of China Forestry Holdings, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group and Partners Group, which became embroiled in an accounting scandal early last year. The accounting firm will not stand for reappointment.
Global PE firms make Asian appointments
The Asian arms of General Atlantic, Partners Group and Aureos Capital have announced a number of appointments ahead of the 2012 fiscal year.
Partners Group launches global fund in Sydney
Partners Group has set up a new global private equity fund based in Sydney, offering smaller institutional and retail investors access to deals normally only available to large institutions.
Partners Group in mezzanine deal with Archer Capital’s QSRH
Partners Group has provided a mezzanine loan to Australian Quick Service Restaurant Holdings (QSRH), the fast food chain that Archer Capital bought from Quadrant Private Equity for A$450 million ($474 million) in June.
Should private equity investors trust IRR?
Academics say the internal rate of return delivers a flawed verdict of fund performance. Investors agree it is imperfect but stress that they don’t rely on one metric alone
PE-backed China Forestry expects 1H loss
China Forestry Holdings, which counts The Carlyle Group and Partners Group among its investors, has warned that it is expected to post a loss for the first half of 2011. The Hong Kong-listed company said earlier this year that an investigation into alleged...
Paulson exits scandal-hit firm as concern mounts about China forestry plays
Paulson & Co. has exited its stake in Sino Forest following fraud allegations against the Chinese company. It is the second such firm to be implicated in a scandal after China Forestry, which is backed by The Carlyle Group and Partners Group, was suspended...
Breaking out of the shell
Captive funds have becoming active in Asia but are they here for the long term?
Partner Group hires Sony Life’s Numata
Mamoru Numata of Sony Life has joined Partners Group’s Tokyo office as a senior manager. His responsibilities will include investment origination, client relationships and business development.
Carlyle-, Partners-backed China Forestry under investigation
The CEO of the Carlyle- and Partners Group-backed company China Forestry Li Han Chun has had $51 million worth of assets frozen after the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission uncovered potential auditing irregularities leading to the suspension...
Partners Group invests in Korea auto tire manufacturer
Partners Group, the global private equity investment manager, has made a direct investment in South Korea’s Saehwa International Machinery with its investment partner STIC Investments, a local private equity firm in South Korea.
Partners promotes Chan, Baumann
Swiss private equity fund of funds Partners Group has announced its latest round of promotions, and like many of its counterparts in the financial services industry, will be recognizing the contribution of its Asia-based staff.
Partners Group opens in Korea under Cho
Leading global private markets asset manager Partners Group has announced the opening of an office in Seoul, to be led by Alex Cho, Head of Korea and hitherto a Senior VP with the firm's Investment Solutions department.
Asia Pacific private equity: out of the tunnel
PE leaders at AVCJ Forum draw lessons from the Crisis
Partners Group provides mezz financing for PEP's Collins Foods
Partners Group has provided mezzanine debt financing for Collins Foods Group, the largest Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchisee in Australia and invested by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), for an undisclosed amount.
Partners Group in Asia
Overweight on the region – with care
Marcel Erni of Partners Group
The question of GPs’ long-term experience in Asia is among LPs’ biggest concerns, says Founder and Vice Chairman of Partners Group Marcel Erni, adding that funds are largely still looking to prove that their model can work in “difficult cycles.”
TPG leads Partners Group, ARC China in China Vogue Casualwear deal
An investment consortium led by TPG Capital, the US buyout group, and also including Partners Group and ARC China Holdings, has invested some $45 million in China Vogue Casualwear Ltd., a leading casual sportswear company in China which operates under...
Partners Group loses Cai as head of China
Fund of funds Partners Group has confirmed that Linda Cai has left her position as Head of China, and that she will be replaced by Zhao Peng, with other reports indicating that Cai resigned up to three months ago, with her next move still unknown.
Partners Group finances Newcastle Coal in Australia
Partners Group, the Zug-headquartered Swiss private markets investment management group, has financed the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group in Australia with an A$27 million ($25 million) subordinated debt facility, to build a new coal export terminal...