The Carlyle Group
Foods and agriculture – the next big theme?
A series of recent deals, such as the Carlyle Group’s $190 million investment in Singapore-listed industrial fishing company China Fishery Group, and the a $600 million pre-IPO investment led by Capital International and the Blackstone Group into Dili...
SAIF gets juice from Huiyuan
SAIF Partners has picked up a 22.98% stake in Chinese beverage company Huiyuan Juice Group from French food group Danone, purchasing the tranche for about $260 million, one year after the Chinese government foiled Coca-Cola Co.’s bid to acquire Huiyuan...
Advantage steps back from Willcom's restructuring
Willcom Inc., the Japanese PHS (personal handy-phone system) operator 60% owned by the Carlyle Group, and now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, will be supported by Softbank Corp., Japan's No.3 mobile phone operator, without the participation of...
Carlyle makes first close on RMB fund
The Carlyle Group has announced a first close of RMB2.4 billion ($350 million) for its first RMB-denominated fund which targets to raise RMB5 billion ($740 million).
Gung-ho for Kyobo as buyout firms assess stake
Potential private equity buyers, specifically Affinity Equity Partners and the Carlyle Group, are doing due diligence on a potential 24% significant minority stake opportunity in Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Korea’s third-largest insurer and second-largest...
Carlyle completing Kbro exit to Tsais
The Carlyle Group has reportedly finalized the exit of its Taiwanese cable TV investment Kbro to the Tsai business family, owners of Taiwan Mobile, the company that Carlyle originally planned to exit the asset to.
CHAMP seeks buyers for Healthcare Australia
In the latest Australian healthcare sector deal, local PE firm CHAMP Private Equity is reportedly looking to sell Healthcare Australia, the country’s largest nursing, homecare and medical specialist placement company, worth an estimated $265 million....
Carlyle agrees $200 million for China rubber business
US buyout firm Carlyle Group has agreed on a $200 million joint investment with US tyre major Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Hixih Rubber Industry Group, to support their China rubber JV Shandong Aneng Conveyor Belt & Rubber Co.
"End of an era" for China
China's release of its official GDP growth figures for 2Q10 last week showed the economy heading for the soft landing sought by policymakers, with National Bureau of Statistics estimates citing 10.3% growth, down from 11.9% the previous quarter, and giving...
Carlyle, TPG pick up Healthscope for $1.73 billion
The Carlyle Group and TPG Capital have won out in a bidding contest for Australian private hospitals and pathology services operator Healthscope Ltd., with an A$1.99 billion ($1.73 billion) all-cash offer that has already been unanimously recommended...
MBK CNS process could jumpstart Taiwan deals
North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners has started the formal sale process for its Taiwanese cable TV/broadband asset China Network Systems (CNS) with the first bidding round, forecast to fetch up to $2.5 billion in a deal shaping up to be one of...
Entertainment and media is where it's at
According to PricewaterhouseCooper’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook, following a depressed 2009, during which E&M spend fell 5.4% from 2008, the industry is experiencing a 5% compounded annual growth spurt with the extended forecast period to 2014...
Carlyle, Affinity assessing Kyobo Life stake - reports
The Carlyle Group and Affinity Equity Partners are conducting due diligence on Kyobo Life Insurance Co., one of Korea's top three life insurance players, according to Korean reports, with a view to picking up a 24% stake in the business estimated at up...
Carlyle in running for Pure Foods, no CVC bid
The Carlyle Group has entered a bid for 49% of Pure Foods, the division of Philippines conglomerate San Miguel opened by the parent for investment, with CVC Capital Partners - which was previously linked with the asset - reportedly not entering a bid....
San Miguel evaluates Carlyle, CVC Pure Foods buyout offers
Philippines conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said it is reconsidering offers from the Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners to buy 100% of its subsidiary Pure Foods, coming as it weighs the three domestic and one offshore offers it reportedly received last...
Carlyle, TPG wrap up Healthscope for $1.73 billion
The Carlyle Group and TPG Capital have successfully concluded their bid for Australia's Healthscope with a A$1.99 billion ($1.73 billion) all-cash offer, well above previous expectations, in the biggest Australian private equity deal since 2007.
Final Healthscope bids confirmed by Carlyle, TPG as Blackstone withdraws
The Jul 16th deadline for bids on Australian private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope saw the Carlyle Group and TPG Capital confirm that they had submitted bids for the asset, despite the withdrawal of Blackstone Group from their consortium...
Allied Medical talks complicate Healthscope situation
The $1.6 billion takeover bid for Australian private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope by a consortium of the Blackstone Group, the Carlyle Group, and TPG Capital, with a rival bid from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., has been complicated by...
Industry Q&A: Glenn Hubbard
AVCJ spoke to Glenn Hubbard, Dean of the Columbia Business School and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to George W. Bush, about current US attitudes toward private equity investment in Asia.
Yeoman's work for Carlyle
The Carlyle Group, through its $2.55 billion Carlyle Asia Partners III LP fund, has agreed pay $175 million to take an 11.3% stake in the Chinese subsidiary of Thai animal feed maker C.P. Pokphand Co., the second-largest supplier of animal feed by sales...
San Miguel offers 49% of Pure Foods
Raymond Ang, president of Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp., has confirmed that the group will be selling 49% of its foods division Pure Foods, rather than the entire group, with an estimated value of $588 million.
Carlyle to take 11.3% of Pokphand for China
The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire an 11.3% stake in Thailand-headquartered animal-feed maker C.P. Pokphand Co., the second largest supplier of animal feed by sales in China, from Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand’s largest agribusiness conglomerate,...
Carlyle to take 13.6% stake in China Fishery
Singapore-listed China Fishery Group – which began operations as a North Pacific trawling business in 2001 – has announced it will issue new ordinary shares and warrants in a conditional private placement to the Carlyle Group, for a total consideration...
Carlyle, CVC may enter fray for Pure Foods
Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners may join the race to acquire Philippine-based San Miguel Corp.’s subsidiary Pure Foods, a company that could be worth as much as $2 billion, according to reports.