TPG Capital
TPG nears $100 million deal with Shriram Properties
TPG Capital is reportedly set to invest $100 million for a nearly 25% stake in Shriram Properties, an Indian asset with an estimated value of more than $400 million.
Suzlon may sell 25% stake in REpower to PE players
Top Indian wind-power firm Suzlon Energy is reportedly in talks with private equity players including TPG Capital to sell a 25% stake in its REpower subsidiary in a deal that could fetch $500 million.
TPG said to be supporting Alinta restructuring
TPG Capital has been in discussions with Alinta Energy, one of Australia's leading power generation groups, for its debt investment arm to support a restructuring of the business as it explores options, including asset sales, to pay off some A$2.7 billion...
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...
Angel Broking seeks PE capital
Indian stock broking and wealth management firm Angel Broking has reportedly approached private equity firms to raise $64 million through the sale of a minority stake.
Khazanah wins Parkway
Malaysian SWF Khazanah Nasional has reportedly won the battle with Fortis Healthcare for control of Singapore hospital asset Parkway Holdings, after the latter opted to sell its entire 25.37% stake to Khazanah, as the SWF launched a $2.56 billion general...
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.
TPG encounters hurdle in Vishal acquisition
Months after news surfaced that TPG Capital was set to link with distressed Indian superstore chain owner Vishal Retail, domestic retail brand Future Group, headed by prominent entrepreneur Kishore Biyani, has reportedly made an offer for the brand which...
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...
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...
Shan's Pacific Alliance bidding for AIA?
Hong Kong-headquartered private equity firm Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) is leading one of four PRC-backed consortia that have approached AIG over the possible acquisition of its Asia division AIA, which is on the market again following Prudential's failed...
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Reliance/GTL deal may involve Saudi Telecom, ADIA, PE players
The $11 billion merger of Reliance Infratel, the cellular transmission tower arm of India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, into Indian independent telecoms player GTL Infrastructure may include investment by Saudi Telecom Co., the Abu Dhabi Investment...
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KKR nixes CVC partnership on Healthscope
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has said that CVC Capital Partners will not be participating in a bid for Australia's Healthscope, estimated at potentially up to A$1.84 billion ($1.56 billion), with KKR continuing on the bid by itself.
TPG to invest Vishal Retail to slash debt, raise funds
TPG Capital is set to link with Indian superstore chain owner Vishal Retail in an anticipated move aiming to raise funds to slash Vishal’s accrued IND7.35-billion ($158.7 million) debt.
TPG/AA JAL deal still flying?
TPG Capital and American Airlines' plan for a $1.4 billion turnaround investment in Japan Airlines (JAL), seemingly stalled, has received fresh impetus with JAL making a formal application for anti-trust clearance to Japanese regulators, so as to proceed...
Khazanah Parkway bid "not compelling"
Singapore’s Parkway Holdings Ltd., Asia’s largest publicly listed hospital-management firm and former TPG Capital investee, has released its response to Khazanah Nasional Bhd.’s acquisition bid, saying that its financial advisor Morgan Stanley has...
Reliance sells India towers
The Blackstone Group, the Carlyle Group and TPG Capital are all in talks with number two Indian cellular provider Reliance Communications, part of India’s Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, over the spinout of the company’s cellular transmission...
Shan joining Pacific Alliance as CEO
After earlier reports that he was going to form his own independent private equity firm, Weijian Shan, previously Managing Partner with TPG Capital in Hong Kong, is now going to join Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), the Hong Kong-headquartered private equity,...
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Carlyle Contract Aviation win
The Carlyle Group has consummated its extended pursuit of Contract Aviation Industries with an A$350 million ($291 million) buyout offer for the Australian aircraft and helicopter leasing company, which originally planned to launch an IPO in late March...