Analysis
American LPs and Asia GPs: A meeting of minds
American LPs' LPS’ fastination with private equity opportunities in Asia is firmly rooted in macroeconomic fundamentals. The region accounts for 30% of global GDP and 50% of global growth – and ongoing urbanization industrialization in China and India...
Korean financial plays are not for foreigners
The Woori and Mirae Asset Life Insurance deals are cause for hope, but foreign PE may still find life difficult
Corporates lead India VC into the light
Early-stage funding has been hard to come by in India. Corporate funds plugged the gap but competition is now rising as venture capital matures
India exits: M&A trumps IPO
A new study reveals sharp disparities in preferred private equity exit routes in China and India
Japanese GPs prepare for a smaller future
Consolidation is in the cards as Japan’s private equity industry focuses on mid-cap plays rather than buyouts
Does Taiwan still like buyouts?
The rejection of a KKR-led MBO of Yageo is yet more disheartening news for Taiwan’s PE community
Archer's activity masks poor PE sentiment
The spate of deals done by Archer Capital in recent weeks suggests that Australia’s private equity industry is abuzz with activity.
Buyouts reassess their Australia risk
A hot currency and a degree of regulatory uncertainty are not turning investors away from Australia, but they may alter how buyouts do business there
Angel investors rise in China
Venture capitalists are turning to earlier-stage funding as they seek to add value and avoid the crowded growth capital space
Private equity seeks Southeast Asia consumer plays
Has private equity become infatuated with the Southeast Asian consumer? As valuations continue to rise in China and India, industry participants note that a growing number of funds are now looking for deals elsewhere in the region.
China's LP problem
When the world's largest equity players announced plans to launch renminbi-denominated funds in China, there was no shortage of headlines. This was what they had been waiting years for: an opportunity to tap into the growing wealth of local institutions...
Wall Street's clean up reaches far and wide
To say the New York federal jury, which pronounced Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam guilty of all 14 charges of securities fraud and conspiracy against him, sent shock waves through the city’s financial services community is an understatement....
Counting on cleantech
Private equity dollars have flooded into China’s renewable energy sector, but should investors hedge their bets?
Proceed with caution
China’s rapid growth has lured private equity funds pie-eyed for returns, but the market’s realities make investing more difficult to maneuver
Vehicles of the state
Closely followed yet widely misunderstood, sovereign wealth funds are making a big impression on private equity in Asia
History shows that PE is set to benefit from China's spend
Fears that the value of the US dollar will continue its downward spiral have prompted central banks across Asia to look at alternative investment routes to hedge their exposure to assets related to the currency. For China, with approximately $3 trillion...
Private equity goes primetime in China
Stunning exits, robust investments and record fundraising is transforming China into private equity’s biggest opportunity
Asia Pacific's happy returns
Asia’s exit market has picked up steam in 2011, but questions remain as to whether timing is optimal
The economic impact – and opportunity – of disaster
MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER A major earthquake - followed by a mind-boggling tsunami that incapacitated a nuclear power plant – shook Japan and its financial systems to the core, recovery is seemingly on the horizon, and according to Yoshito Hori, Managing...
Playing Asia's PE field
In a business where a small number of individuals make a big amount of impact, investors in Asian private equity are finding departures of senior dealmakers becoming more than a handful
Barrick Gold makes winning bid for Equinox
GOLD AND COPPER ARE NOT infrequently entwined in an ore body. So not surprisingly, some gold miners spin off secondary copper production as a by-product.
PE and the pension system
Ontario Teachers’ reported record-high results in 2010, yet substantial liabilities overhang remains, signaling a broad-based issue likely to challenge many pension plans going forward
BoaML PE team spins out
NewQuest Capital Partners to focus on direct secondaries in Asia via its $400 million fund
China's natural resources M&A on the ups
Hot on the heels of AVCJ’s recent China M&A overview, in which higher highs were cited as likely in the country’s ongoing quest to secure future natural resources supplies to keep its development trajectory on track, Minmetals Resources put forward a...