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Profile: Innovation Works' Chris Evdemon

A cold email to Innovation Works founder Kai-fu Lee landed angel investor Chris Evdemon a full-time role at the Beijing-based incubator. Now he is looking to follow the firm into Silicon Valley

  • People
  • 16 October 2013
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Q&A: The Abraaj Group's Aman Lakhaney

The Abraaj Group’s acquisition of Aureos Capital last year was a massive short cut to a larger Asia presence. Aman Lakhaney, director at The Abraaj Group, explains the firm’s approach to non-BRIC emerging markets

  • Southeast Asia
  • 09 October 2013
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Q&A: KKR's Joe Bae

KKR last week announced a final close of $6 billion on its second pan-Asia fund, the largest vehicle of its kind ever raised in the region. Joseph Bae, KKR's head of Asia, tells AVCJ how it will be deployed

  • People
  • 17 July 2013
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Q&A: Navis Capital Partners' Nick Bloy

Nick Bloy, managing partner at Navis Capital Partners, explains what ASEAN integration means for private equity and how valuation and sector issues should shape approaches to Indonesia

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 July 2013
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Q&A: Pacific Equity Partners' Tony Duthie

As one of Asia’s more mature markets, Australia has a different offering to most in the regional basket. Tony Duthie, managing director at Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), discusses buyouts, leverage and co-investment

  • Australasia
  • 05 June 2013
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LP interview: Hermes GPE's Saki Georgiadis

Two years since opening an office in Singapore, Saki Georgiadis, head of Asia for Hermes GPE, reflects on the benefits of having an on-the-ground presence in Asia

  • People
  • 29 May 2013
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Q&A: CDH Investments' Shangzhi Wu

CDH Investments is one of China’s longest-standing private equity operators. Shangzhi Wu, chairman and managing partner of the firm, reflects on how the investment environment has evolved

  • GPs
  • 22 May 2013
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VIDEO: Fiona Mackenzie of New Zealand Superannuation Fund

Emerging Asia will become a more significant part of New Zealand Superannuation Fund's private equity exposure, says Fiona Mackenzie, head of investments at the government-owned LP

  • LPs
  • 06 May 2013
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Q&A: Baring Private Equity Asia's Jean Eric Salata

Baring Private Equity Asia closed its fifth fund at $2.46 billion in early 2011. CEO Jean Eric Salata tells AVCJ why the firm has taken its time investing the capital and where he now sees value emerging in the market

  • People
  • 27 March 2013
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VIDEO: Edward Epstein of Troutman Sanders

Private equity investment in China’s real estate sector will become more specialized as it matures, with healthcare and old age care among the key segments to watch, says Edward Epstein, managing partner of Troutman Sanders’ Shanghai office

  • Greater China
  • 21 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Patrick Walujo of Northstar Pacific Partners

Patrick Walujo, co-founder and managing partner of Northstar Pacific Partners, leveraged local knowledge and relationships at TPG Capital to create Indonesia’s largest domestic private equity platform

  • Southeast Asia
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Sandiaga Uno & Kay Mock of Saratoga Capital

Sandiaga Uno and Kay Mock, founding partners of Saratoga Capital, transformed a family office into a private equity firm on the back of strong growth and sound investments in Indonesia

  • Expansion
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Michael Chae of The Blackstone Group

Michael Chae, head of international private equity at The Blackstone Group, arrived in Asia after the global financial crisis and as the pre-IPO fever was about to turn. Changing times require changing strategies

  • Buyouts
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Nick Bloy of Navis Capital Partners

Nick Bloy, co-managing partner at Navis Capital Partners, saw Lehman Brothers collapse within days of a launching his sixth fund. LPs had to be reassured or replaced, and the strength of Navis’ existing portfolio was pushed to the fore

  • Buyouts
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: David Gross-Loh & Jim Hildebrandt of Bain Capital

David Gross-Loh and Jim Hildebrandt, managing directors at Bain Capital, guided the firm’s Japan-heavy Asia portfolio through the global financial crisis. Acting fast without overreacting was central to their approach

  • Buyouts
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Tim Sims of Pacific Equity Partners

Tim Sims, a founder and managing director at Pacific Equity Partners, was part of the team responsible for Australia’s first-ever leveraged buyout in 1998. Fourteen years on, Australia is the regional hub for these deals

  • Australasia
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Bill Ferris & Joe Skrzynski of CHAMP Private Equity

Bill Ferris and Joe Skrzynski set up Australian Mezzanine Investments in 1987. Now known as CHAMP Private Equity, the firm was responsible for some of Australia’s first buyouts and then saw the market rise and rise during the 2000s

  • Australasia
  • 17 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Luis Miranda of IDFC Private Equity

Luis Miranda became CEO of a fledgling IDFC Private Equity in 2002, raised India’s first infrastructure fund, and helped prove that the sector can make money. A flood of new capital arrived and the country is still adjusting to it

  • Infrastructure
  • 15 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Renuka Ramnath of Multiples Alternative Asset Management

Renuka Ramnath, founder and CEO of Multiples Alternative Asset Management, helped kick-start India VC as ICICI Venture grew from a small-scale backer of internet start-ups into the country’s leading private equity firm

  • People
  • 15 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Yichen Zhang of CITIC Capital

Yichen Zhang, CEO of CITIC Capital, watched as pre-IPO strategies took Chinese private equity to unthinkable highs in the mid- to late-2000s. As the market returns to more sustainable levels, he sees control opportunities amid the chaos

  • Greater China
  • 15 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: John Zhao of Hony Capital

John Zhao, founder and CEO of Hony Capital, teamed up with Legend Holdings to create China’s first buyout fund in 2003. Nearly 10 years on, he is still restructuring state-owned enterprises but also looking to go overseas

  • Greater China
  • 15 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: X.D. Yang of The Carlyle Group

X.D. Yang, managing director and co-head of Carlyle Asia Partners, joined the buyout firm as it sought to up its game in China. A hugely successful insurance investment remains the landmark deal, but he expects to see more

  • Greater China
  • 15 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Joe Bae of KKR

Joe Bae, partner and head of Asia at KKR, set up the private equity firm’s regional operation seven years ago with two principal goals: being as local as possible and building a franchise that is sustainable in the long term

  • Buyouts
  • 15 March 2013
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AVCJ at 25: Michael B. Kim of MBK Partners

Michael B. Kim, founding partner of MBK Partners, left The Carlyle Group in 2005 to set up his own private equity firm. The time was right, the capital was available, and there was a desire to become more local

  • People
  • 15 March 2013
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