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Blackstone buys back India BPO unit from Serco for $387m

The Blackstone Group has agreed to buy the majority of Serco Group’s India-based business process outsourcing (BPO) operations for GBP250 million ($387 million). The major asset in the deal is the former Intelenet business, which Blackstone sold to...

  • Technology
  • 17 September 2015
India's Gateway offers to buy Blackstone stake in freight subsidiary

Indian logistics company Gateway Distriparks (GDL) has offered to buy The Blackstone Group's stake in its freight subsidiary GatewayRail Freight (GRFL) for INR6 billion ($90.3 million).

  • South Asia
  • 25 August 2015
Tata Capital joins consortium buying Blackstone's Agile stake

A consortium comprising Igarashi Electric Works (IEW), Mape Securities and Tata Capital Growth Fund I have bought The Blackstone Group’s 97.9% stake in Agile Electric, India’s leading electric motor manufacturer.

  • Buyouts
  • 31 July 2015
Blackstone's Michael Chae appointed to CFO role

The Blackstone Group has appointed its international private equity head Michael Chae to be CFO, replacing Laurence Tosi.

  • North America
  • 27 July 2015
Blackstone names Liping Zhang as Greater China chairman

Blackstone has appointed Liping Zhang as senior managing director and Greater China chairman. Zhang joins the company from Credit Suisse, where he served as co-CEO of Greater China and vice chairman of global investment banking.

  • People
  • 06 July 2015
Indian regulator approves Baring Asia's acquisition of CMS

Baring Private Equity Asia has received permission from India's Competition Commission to acquire ATM management service CMS Info Systems, providing an exit for The Blackstone Group.

  • South Asia
  • 15 May 2015
Blackstone set for part exit as India’s Nuziveedu files for IPO

Indian seeds producer Nuziveedu Seeds has filed for a domestic IPO, which is expected to facilitate a partial exit for The Blackstone Group, an investor in the company since 2008.

  • Exits
  • 24 April 2015
Leveraged finance: Coming to America?

It has become increasingly costly for private equity firms to access borrower-friendly US financing for leveraged buyouts in Asia. The US markets are fickle and volatile, but Asian banks are also stepping up

  • Financing
  • 22 April 2015
Blackstone spins out Asia corporate advisory business

The Blackstone Group has spun out its Hong Kong-based corporate advisory business to Comprador, a new outfit led by Anthony Steains, the former head of Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia (BAPA).

  • Advisory
  • 09 April 2015
PE investors to make partial exits from India's AGS, S.H. Kelkar

Three private equity firms – TPG Capital, Actis and The Blackstone Group – are set for partial exits from their Indian investments as payment solutions provider AGS Transact Technologies and fragrances manufacturer S.H. Kelkar both filed for IPOs.

  • Exits
  • 27 March 2015
Australia mining: Panning the value stream

In the midst of the commodities downturn GPs are still finding deals in mining services, although volatility can play havoc with execution. Better value might be found upstream, if you know where to look

  • Australasia
  • 18 February 2015
Blackstone exits India's Agile Electric for $106m

The Blackstone Group has agreed to sell its entire stake in Indian auto parts maker Agile Electric Sub Assembly to Japan's Igarashi Electric Works (IEW), and Indian boutique investment bank MAPE Advisory Group, in a $106.4 million deal.

  • South Asia
  • 23 January 2015
Talent shortages, financing issues hinder China buyouts

Buyout transaction value in China is 10 times larger than nine years ago, but executing deals is still challenging in terms of getting financing and placing the right operational expertise with portfolio companies.

  • Greater China
  • 22 January 2015
Blackstone joins $1.1b financing for Singapore property developer

The Blackstone Group is backing an investment platform launched by City Developments (CDL) that will enable the Singapore real estate firm to raise S$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) in return for exposure to cashflows generated by properties on the resort...

  • Real estate
  • 16 December 2014
Blackstone invests $150m in Australia retirement village developer

The Blackstone Group has invested $150 million in Australian retirement village developer National Lifestyle Villages (NLV).

  • Real estate
  • 25 November 2014
Blackstone acquires GE's Japan real estate business

The Blackstone Group has bought General Electric's (GE) residential real estate business in Japan for JPY190 billion.

  • Real estate
  • 24 November 2014
Blackstone agrees $653m carve-out of Orica's chemicals business

The Blackstone Group has agreed to buy the chemicals division of Orica, an Australian supplier of explosives and blasting equipment to the mining industry, for A$750 million ($653 million).

  • Buyouts
  • 19 November 2014
TVS Capital consortium picks 26% stake in IEX

A consortium led by TVS Capital Funds has agreed to buy a 25.64% stake in Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) for INR5.76 billion ($94 million) from Blackstone-backed Financial Technologies India (FTIL).

  • South Asia
  • 07 November 2014
Blackstone, Embassy to acquire Four Seasons Bangalore

The Blackstone Group and Indian developer Embassy Property Developments have acquired a 73% stake in Bangalore-based project comprising the Four Seasons Hotel and a luxury home development from Goldman Sachs.

  • South Asia
  • 07 October 2014
Blackstone-owned Hilton sells New York's Waldolf Astoria to China insurer

China’s Anbang Insurance Group has agreed to buy the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York from Hilton Worldwide Holdings, a portfolio company of The Blackstone Group, for $1.95 billion.

  • Buyouts
  • 07 October 2014
Blackstone pins down China's Xinrong

Driven by an aging population, increasing health awareness and a rising middle class, China's medical device market is growing at a rapid pace. A recent report by the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association reveals that since 2000...

  • Healthcare
  • 24 September 2014
Blackstone in China orthopedics play

The Blackstone Group has picked up a significant stake in Chinese medical devices company Xinrong Best Medical Instrument. Financial details were not disclosed but the deal is understood to be worth around $100 million.

  • Greater China
  • 23 September 2014
Asia energy: Oil angle

The continued growth of the Asia economies means increased demand for energy. Major Asian countries and corporations are rising to the challenge and paying top dollar for almost every oil and gas interest they can lay their hands on - not to mention extraction...

  • Industrials
  • 20 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
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