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Tencent-Naspers JV ibibo buys India ticketing firm redBus
Delhi-based ibibo Group has acquired VC-backed Indian bus ticketing company redBus.in, allowing Helion Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners and Seedfund to exit their investment. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Orix, Perigon to make partial exits from Air Asia X via IPO
Orix Corp. and Perigon Advisory will make partial exits from regional budget carrier AirAsia's long-haul subsidiary through an IPO that is targeting up to $370 million.
Portfolio: India Value Fund Advisors and Meru Cabs
When India Value Fund Advisors launched Meru Cabs in Mumbai, it created a radio taxi service where none existed. Meru has overcome numerous difficulties to become the largest taxi company of its kind in India
Korea's STX Pan Ocean files for bankruptcy after PE rescue fails
STX Pan Ocean, South Korea’s largest bulk shipping group, has filed for court receivership after attempts to secure a private equity-led restructuring of the beleaguered business failed.
Indonesia's MPM to boost auto rental exposure, preps IPO
Mitra Pinasthika Mustika (MPM), the Indonesian motorcycle distributor in which Affinity Equity Partners and Saratoga Capital invested around $100 million last year, is looking to boost its car rental business. The comes as the company prepares to raise...
Morgan Stanley-backed Hyundai Rotem targets IPO
Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway and defense systems manufacturer backed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA), has applied to the Korea Exchange for an IPO. According to local media, the company is looking to raise KRW300-400 billion ($270-360...
Blackstone buys majority stake Maldives seaplane operator
The Blackstone Group has acquired a majority stake in two Maldives-based seaplane operators, Maldivian Air Taxi (MAT) and Tran Maldivian Airways (TMA).
Hahn & Co to buy Korea Line via bankrupcty process
Hahn & Co. has been selected by a bankruptcy court as the preferred bidder for a 50% controlling stake in Korea Line, South Korea’s fourth-largest shipping company. The enterprise value of the transaction is KRW1.1 trillion ($1 billion), with Hahn & Co....
Primus co-founder in aircraft leasing club deal
During a week in which it emerged that Primus Financial Holdings was no more, two of its co-founders reemerged in new guises. First, Dexia announced that it was in exclusive negotiations with GCS Capital, a financial services-focused PE firm run by GuocangHuan,...
PE-backed Chinese consortium to buy AIG's aircraft leasing business
A Chinese consortium including a fund run by Wing-fai Ng, one of the co-founders of now-defunct Primus Financial Holdings, has agreed to buy up to 90% of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) from American International Group (AIG). It is the...
Bravia Capital in talks with SpiceJet
Hong Kong-based Bravia Capital, which focuses on investment in the transportation and logistics sector, is in talks to invest in Indian budget airline SpiceJet.
KKR funds $22m Air Works bolt-on
KKR has provided Air Works India Engineering with INR1.2 billion ($22 million) of structured debt financing to help fund its acquisition of Dubai-based private aviation specialist Empire Aviation Group (EAG).
Business aviation: Come fly with PE
Foreign investors and private equity funds are keen to leverage the growing appetite for private aviation services in China, but the operational and regulatory hurdles remain
GIC takes 20% of PE-owned aircrafter leaser Avolon
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has paid $300 million for a 20% stake in Dublin-based aircraft-leasing group Avolon. The company is owned by private equity firms CVC Capital Partners, Civen and Oak Hill Capitall Partners.