The Carlyle Group
Carlyle partners with Fosun for JV, RMB fund
The Carlyle Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Fosun Group, the largest privately-owned investment conglomerate in China, to enhance their investment activities in the Greater China market.
Carlyle partners with Fosun for RMB fund, JV
The Carlyle Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Fosun Group, the largest privately-owned investment conglomerate in China, to enhance their investment activities in the Greater China market. Both firms will jointly sponsor and manage...
Morgan Stanley on track for KKR/TPG CICC exit
US private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and TPG Capital have emerged as the final bidders in the auction to take the 34.3% stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC), the nation’s largest investment bank, from Morgan Stanley...
J Will Partners sells Japanese senior home
J Will Partners, a Tokyo-based private equity fund specializing in corporate revitalization, will sell its entire holdings in Bon Sejour, a Japanese operator of nursing homes for senior citizens, to Benesse Holdings, a Japanese company focused on education,...
Carlyle's Willcom files for Japan's Chapter 11
US buyout firm Carlyle Group's Japanese portfolio asset Willcom Inc., the PHS (personal handyphone system) service provider, filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court on February 8th, over debts of JPY173 billion ($1.9 billion) up...
Bain, KKR, TPG may get CICC from MS
Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG Capital are reportedly on the shortlist for the final round of bidding for Morgan Stanley’s $1 billion+ stake in PRC investment bank China International Capital Corp. (CICC).
PE seeks pay-per-view Indonesia
Indonesia’s number one pay television platform, MNC Sky Vision, may sell a 40% stake to a foreign investor, in a transaction that would value the whole group at up to $800 million.
Unitas exits Buy The Way – to Lotte
Unitas Capital’s much-discussed auction of its flagship Korean retail investment, convenience store chain Buy The Way, has been agreed – with the inking of a sale contract to local retail conglomerate Lotte Group for around KRW275 billion ($238 million)....
Carlyle's BJ RMB MOU breaks cover
The Carlyle Group’s recent announcement of its MOU with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Financial Work, a division of the Beijing municipal government, to form a Beijing-based RMB fund, the Carlyle Asia Partners RMB Fund, has attracted considerable attention...
Carlyle promotes for prospects in Asia
The Carlyle Group has made a number of key senior promotions in its Asia Pacific team, part of a global round of 33 elevations across the group announced this month.
Carlyle to get Buy The Way?
The Carlyle Group has emerged as one of the potential bidders in the final round of the auction of Buy The Way, a South Korean convenience store chain owned by Asia-focused private equity fund Unitas Capital.
Carlyle announces Beijing RMB fund
The Carlyle Group has announced an MOU to form a Beijing-based RMB fund in partnership with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Financial Work.
Jacob Ballas, NEA, team on FSS deal
Jacob Ballas Capital India and US VC major New Enterprise Associates have reportedly teamed up to invest $60 million in Chennai-based electronic payments player Financial Software & Systems Ltd., for around 40% of the company.
China Pacific raises $3.1 billion as Hopu anchors Carlyle exit
The Hong Kong IPO of China Pacific Insurance raised $3.1 billion in the world’s seventh largest listing of 2009, securing roughly a 5x profit for the Carlyle Group on its total investment of around $800 million between 2005 and 2007.
Secured Capital gets Pacific Century Place
Tokyo-based real estate investor/asset manager Secured Capital Japan Co. has reportedly agreed to buy the Pacific Century Place building, in central Tokyo, by year end 2009.
India or bust?
The 10th Annual AVCJ India Forum echoed what many in the industry have long been saying: private equity in India is truly a world unto itself.
Carlyle, Temasek see flat Kaisa IPO
The Carlyle Group and Temasek Holdings saw their investee Shenzhen property developer Kaisa Group Holdings begin trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange main board, in an IPO postponed since early 2008.
Asian SWFs get real
Asia’s LPs and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are becoming increasingly significant investors in global real estate, for a variety of reasons – not least the prospect of all-time bargains in the post-crisis markets.
China Pacific IPO priced at $3.6 billion
The IPO of China Pacific Insurance, the country’s third largest life insurer and 17.3% owned by the Carlyle Group, is set to raise as much as HK$28 billion ($3.6 billion) in Hong Kong.
Carlyle gets offers for Willcom
The Carlyle Group’s 60%-owned investee Willcom Inc, a PHS (Personal Handy Phone) carrier in Japan, has received proposals from a number of potential buyers, including Softbank, Japan’s third largest mobile carrier, as well as other investment funds.
TheFaceShop - beautiful returns for investors
Affinity Equity Partners has pulled off a highly lucrative exit long rumored by AVCJ sources with its sale of Korean cosmetics investment, TheFaceShop, to Korean strategic buyer LG Household & Health Care Ltd., a division of LG Group.
Carlyle ensures major exit with China Pacific
Carlyle Group-backed China Pacific Life Insurance Co., the Number Three Chinese domestic insurer, is planning to debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with approval from the Chinese government, targeting to raise $3.4 billion, before Christmas 2009.