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Southeast Asia

Q&A: CVC Asia's Roy Kuan

Roy Kuan, managing partner of CVC Asia, looks back on a busy first half of 2012 in which the firm closed five deals. Falling valuations, planning and patience are among the key factors

  • Southeast Asia
  • 27 June 2012
Indonesia's Saratoga closes fund three at $600m

Saratoga Capital has closed its third fund at $600 million, according to sources familiar with the situation. It took the Indonesia-based firm about six months to close the new vehicle, which will make investments across Southeast Asia.

  • Fundraising
  • 25 June 2012
Temasek talks up China, favors property, financials, healthcare

Temasek Holdings has reaffirmed its commitment to China, saying that urbanization and the rise of the middle classes will continue to drive the economy forward regardless of short-term concerns about slowing growth. Real estate, healthcare and energy...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 June 2012
KKR to establish investment team in Singapore

KKR will open an office in Singapore as a base for its investment activities across Southeast Asia. AVCJ understands that an announcement is forthcoming, with about eight investment professionals working out of the new office, although Ming Lu, the firm’s...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 June 2012
RRJ Capital targeting $5b Asia fund – report

RRJ Capital, the private equity firm set up by former Hopu Investment Management executive Richard Ong, is looking to raise at least $5 billion for its second pan-Asian fund. The vehicle will follow its predecessor in focusing on China- and Southeast...

  • Fundraising
  • 20 June 2012
Deloitte expands SE Asia debt advisory, restructuring practice

Deloitte has hired three executives from Rothschild for its Southeast Asia debt advisory and restructuring practice. Robert Schmitz, Richmond Ang and NK Naginlal Modi all performed similar functions at Rothschild.

  • People
  • 20 June 2012
Growth capital mezzanine: The third way
Growth capital mezzanine: The third way

Growth capital mezzanine players are still few in number in Asia. Will struggling equity markets and tighter credit conditions open up the market for these alternative capital providers?

  • Mezzanine
  • 20 June 2012
Serasi's Veronica John joins Mekong Capital

Veronica John, founder of Serasi Capital and formerly CEO of IDFC Capital, has joined Mekong Capital as a senior advisor. She is responsible for various aspects of the Vietnam-focused GP’s operations, including investments, fundraising and private equity...

  • People
  • 18 June 2012
VIDEO: Creador's Brahmal Vasudevan

Brahmal Vasudevan first wanted to invest in Indonesia six years ago when he was with India-focused GP ChrysCapital. Now, as CEO of Creador, the private equity firm he set up last year, Vasudevan has his wish. Creador is seeking to raise around $350 million...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 June 2012
SBI, FMO launch $80m financial services fund

Japan's SBI Holdings and Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) have jointly rolled out a new fund that will invest in financial services across emerging Asia. The SBI-FMO Emerging Asian Financial Services Fund is targeting up to $80 million in...

  • Fundraising
  • 07 June 2012
Actis loses Southeast Asia head

Gary Addison, head of Actis’ Singapore office, has reportedly resigned after four-and-a-half years with the firm. Formerly a partner with 3i Group in London, he moved to Singapore in 2009 to lead Actis’ Southeast Asia operations, replacing Alun Branigan....

  • Southeast Asia
  • 30 May 2012
Profile: Dominic Scriven of Dragon Capital

Dragon Capital’s Dominic Scriven settled in his adopted country of Vietnam when it was still a frontier market. Twenty years on, he remains active in the country’s private equity and cultural communities

  • People
  • 30 May 2012
Armstrong launches SE Asia cleantech fund

Southeast Asia has abundant solar radiation, agricultural resources and biomass when compared to North Asian and European countries. However, the use of clean energy in the region is still somewhat limited. Singapore-based clean energy asset manager Armstrong...

  • Fundraising
  • 17 May 2012
Man in the middle: Placement agents in Asia
Man in the middle: Placement agents in Asia

Placement agents are building up resources in Asia as the region becomes more significant as a fundraising location. Some GPs are keen to build long-term relationships, but others take more convincing

  • Advisory
  • 09 May 2012
Intel Capital's Kuppam adds Taiwan, Korea to his Asia portfolio

Intel Capital’s Asia Pacific Managing Director Sudheer Kuppam will assume responsibility for investment activity in Taiwan and Korea, adding to his existing coverage of India, Japan and Southeast Asia. Based in India, he will oversee a team of investment...

  • People
  • 04 May 2012
Franklin names Robinson-Kok as Asia alternatives head

Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Gregory Robinson-Kok as head of its alternative investments business in Asia. He is based in Singapore and reports to Kent Strazza, managing director of the alternative strategies group.

  • People
  • 03 May 2012
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...

  • Industrials
  • 02 May 2012
VIDEO: Ancora International's Veronica Lukito

Foreign direct investment in Indonesia reached a record $20 billion in 2011 and M&A transactions came in at $9 billion for the 12 months to January 31. The country’s stock market has gained close to 200% since 2009. The influx of capital has yet to be...

  • People
  • 25 April 2012
Creating cross border opportunities

Venture capital and private equity has always played an important role in the transfer of technology, talent and brands names from developed Western markets into Asia. This is perhaps best illustrated by the spate of “me-too” companies that mimicked the...

  • Greater China
  • 25 April 2012
Playing the Asia expectations game

The institutional LPs that attend AVCJ events are a mixed bunch. A few maintain a presence in Asia and are clued up as to the up-and-coming markets and managers, key investment opportunities and general fundraising climate. Another group comprises frequent...

  • LPs
  • 18 April 2012
KKR in new push for MMI IPO – report

KKR has reportedly revived plans to exit MMI International, the precision-engineering company it took private in 2007, through a Singapore IPO. The offering could generate $400-500 million, but it is unclear how much of its holding the private equity...

  • Exits
  • 17 April 2012
Grady leaves Mount Kellett Capital – report

Mount Kellett Capital, the private equity firm started by former Goldman Sachs executive Mark McGoldrick, has reportedly lost real estate specialist Timothy Grady. He joined Mount Kellett in 2010 as a managing director, having previously worked at Merrill...

  • People
  • 02 April 2012
Q&A: Creador's Brahmal Vasudevan

Brahmal Vasudevan, CEO of India- and Southeast Asia-focused Creador, discusses the rewards and challenges of investing in Indonesia

  • People
  • 28 March 2012
Looking forward, looking back

The first quarter of 2012 will soon be over. The Asian private equity industry seems to be humming along at a steady pace, although there hasn’t been anything particularly dramatic so far. Deal-making has been efficient and routine rather than startling,...

  • Performance
  • 28 March 2012
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