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Q&A: United Overseas Bank's Wee Yap Yeo

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has teamed up with Orix Corp. to launch a $200 million Southeast Asia mezzanine fund. Wee Yap Yeo, head of mezzanine capital at UOB, explains the strategy

  • Mezzanine
  • 16 September 2014
Mekong delivers golden return

As office workers clock off in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vuvuzela outlets begin to fill up. It was supposed to be a Hooters-style casual dining chain – and the female staff dress accordingly – but Vuvuzela has morphed into a very local beer club. Big...

  • Exits
  • 16 September 2014
Cross-border e-commerce: The final frontier

Rocket Internet and Alibaba Group are preparing to go public and have ambitious growth plans. But how suited are their respective models to cross-border e-commerce expansion?

  • Consumer
  • 16 September 2014
KKR completes privatization of Singapore's Goodpack

KKR has completed the S$1.4 billion ($1.1 billion) acquisition of intermediate bulk container (IBC) manufacturer Goodpack. The company delisted from the Singapore Exchange on September 15.

  • Buyouts
  • 16 September 2014
SCPE backs Vietnam's Golden Gate, Mekong secures 9x exit

Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) has acquired a significant minority stake in Golden Gate, a Vietnam-based restaurant operator, for $35 million. The investment has allowed existing backer Mekong Capital to make a full exit with a net multiple...

  • Exits
  • 12 September 2014
LeapFrog reaches $400m close on second microfinance fund

LeapFrog Investments - the specialist microfinance investor backed by George Soros and JP Morgan Chase - has reached a $400 million close on its second fund targeting financial services investments in emerging Asia and Africa.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 September 2014
Rocket, Kinnevik to form emerging market fashion e-commerce giant

German start-up incubator Rocket Internet and Investment AB Kinnevik, Rocket's biggest backer, are to consolidate five emerging market fashion e-commerce brands into a single global company with a combined valuation of EUR2.7 billion ($3.5 billion).

  • Europe
  • 05 September 2014
KKR appoints Indonesia head

KKR has appointed Jaka Prasetya, former managing partner and founder of Leafgreen Capital Partners, as managing director with responsibility for Indonesia. He will also work on the firm’s credit and special situations initiatives in Southeast Asia.

  • People
  • 26 August 2014
Ekuinas buys majority stake in Malaysian tanker company

Ekuinas, the Malaysian government-backed private equity investor, has agreed to acquire up to 95.5% of Orkim, one of the country’s largest clean petroleum product (CPP) tanker companies, for MYR346.3 million ($109 million).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 25 August 2014
Q&A: Blackstone's Angelo Acconcia

The Blackstone Group has entered Southeast Asia's oil and gas space with an $800 million commitment to Tamarind Energy. Angelo Acconcia, managing director at Blackstone Energy Partners, explains the rationale

  • People
  • 20 August 2014
PLDT sees Rocket as proxy for global growth

Smart eMoney, a mobile payment business owned by Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), first ventured overseas in partnership with Mastercard in 2010.

  • Venture
  • 13 August 2014
Rocket Internet's Foodpanda raises $60m

Foodpanda, an online take-away food delivery marketplace incubated by Rocket Internet, has raised $60 million in a new round of financing from new investor Falcon Edge Capital as well as existing backers.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 August 2014
Khazanah to privatize trouble-hit Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines (MAS), the beleaguered national carrier that has tragically lost two planes in the space of four months, will be privatized and restructured by its largest shareholder, Khazanah Nasional in a deal worth MYR1.38 billion ($432 million)....

  • Restructuring
  • 12 August 2014
Northgate's Koh joins Singapore university endowment

Lye Thiam Koh has departed fund-of-funds Northgate Capital and taken up a new role as portfolio manager with the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) investment office.

  • LPs
  • 06 August 2014
ADB, Orix, Robeco form $400m Asia climate-change fund

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan's ORIX Corp. and Netherland-based Robeco Institutional Asset Management have together formed a private equity fund that will focus on investments in climate-friendly industries such as cleantech and renewable energy....

  • Fundraising
  • 05 August 2014
Blackstone to invest up to $800m in Tamarind Energy

Blackstone has made a commitment to invest up to $800 million in Malaysia-based oil and gas exploration and production start-up, Tamarind Energy, alongside management. The investment is being made via the GP's energy investment unit, Blackstone Energy...

  • Industrials
  • 31 July 2014
Profile: Anthem Asia's Josephine Price

After more than a decade at CLSA Capital Partners, Josephine Price left to pursue an interest in sustainable investment. It led her to Myanmar, the region’s last frontier market, and Anthem Asia

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 July 2014
Thriller in Manila: PE investors target the Philippines

The Philippines is the fifth-largest economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and has the second-largest population. GDP growth is among the fastest in Asia. But in terms of inbound and outbound commerce the country trails its comparable...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 July 2014
Armstrong commits $22.5m to Indonesia mini-hydro power

Armstrong Asset Management has agreed to invest $22.5 million in a portfolio of Indonesia-based mini hydro-electric plants being developed by Inti Duta Energi, a subsidiary of Jakarta-listed construction company Nusa Konstruksi Enjiniring (NKE).

  • Cleantech
  • 22 July 2014
SE Asia buyouts present localization challenge – AVCJ Forum

Southeast Asia’s emerging buyout opportunity represents a localization challenge for private equity firms as they try to distribute resources in order to maximize potential deal flow, industry participants told the AVCJ Singapore Forum.

  • Buyouts
  • 21 July 2014
Northstar reaches $500m first close on Southeast Asia fund

Southeast Asia-focused GP Northstar Group has reached a first close of approximately $500 million on its fourth fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 18 July 2014
VCs look beyond ad-driven business models - AVCJ Forum

Venture capital investment opportunities in Southeast Asia increasingly lie beyond the traditional advertising-driven monetization model, industry participants told the AVCJ Singapore Forum.

  • Venture
  • 18 July 2014
Singapore online grocery retailer RedMart raises $23m

Singapore-based online grocery store RedMart has raised a $23 million Series B round led by gaming firm Garena, with participation from SoftBank Ventures, Visionnaire Ventures and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 16 July 2014
PE-backed Mobile World sets terms for Vietnam IPO

Mobile World, a Vietnamese mobile phone retailer backed by Mekong Capital and CDH Investments, has set terms for a stock market listing that will value the business at $200 million or more.

  • Consumer
  • 10 July 2014
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