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Mount Kellett raises $4b for second special situations fund

Mount Kellett Capital Management, the private equity firm started by former Goldman Sachs executive Mark McGoldrick, has closed its second fund at $4 billion. The vehicle, which targets special situation and opportunistic investments, is $1 billion larger...

  • Greater China
  • 13 April 2012
Carlyle, Sequoia in talks to invest up to $50m in JSM - report

The Carlyle Group and Sequoia Capital are in separate talks to invest $40-50 million in JSM Corp, which operates the Indian franchises of Hard Rock Café and California Pizza Kitchen.

  • South Asia
  • 12 April 2012
IFC lends $6.5m to Indian food logistics company

International Finance Corp. (IFC), the World Bank's investment arm, will lend $6.5 million to food supply chain Snowman Logistics, in a move to foster efficiency and organization in India’s logistics sector.

  • South Asia
  • 12 April 2012
Manipal Hospitals to raise $29m from private equity

Manipal Hospitals, India’s third largest healthcare group, is seeking as much as INR1.5 billion ($29 million) from private equity firms for a minority stake in order to fund expansion.

  • South Asia
  • 12 April 2012
India's IHG buys UK food producer from Duke Street

India Hospitality Group (IHC) has acquired UK-based ready-made food producer Adelie Food Holding from Duke Street Capital for $350 million. The deal – the largest overseas acquisition by an India-focused food and beverage company in six years – is...

  • Consumer
  • 12 April 2012
Frontline Strategy backs India railways supplier

Frontline Strategy’s India Industrial Growth Fund (IIGF) has committed $9 million to DTL Ancillaries, a Pune-based company that manufactures components used in the rail and automotive industries. The investment is structured in two tranches, the first...

  • South Asia
  • 12 April 2012
India Value Fund recruits former Network18 chief

India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) has appointed Haresh Chawla as a partner. Chawla, who stepped down as CEO of media company Network18 earlier this year, will take responsibility for investments in the media and entertainment space. He will also work with...

  • South Asia
  • 12 April 2012
Tencent backs Korean mobile messager Kakao

Tencent has teamed up Korean online games developer Wemade Entertainment to invest KRW92 billion ($80 million) in Kakoo Talk, a popular Korean mobile messaging application.

  • Investments
  • 11 April 2012
CVC plans $2b Formula One IPO in Singapore - report

CVC Capital Partners is heading towards a $2 billion initial public offering (IPO) for Formula One Group in Singapore. The private equity firm may sell a 20% stake in the motor racing series and complete the sale as early as June.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 April 2012
Pegasus Capital Advisors acquires Bangkok luxury resort

US-based private equity fund manager Pegasus Capital Advisors has agreed to buy the Bangkok-based luxury resort and spa business of Six Senses Resorts & Spas.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 April 2012
CVC, RBS raise $216m through Samsonite sale

CVC Capital Partners and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have exited close to 8% of their combined holding in Hong Kong-listed luggage maker Samsonite International for HK$1.68 billion ($216.3 million). The sale comes after the firms’ IPO lock-up expired...

  • Greater China
  • 11 April 2012
CVC in $644m City Telecom carve out

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to purchase City Telecom’s telecom business for HK$5 billion ($644 million). City Telecom is the second-largest broadband provider in Hong Kong but wants to offload its Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) and IDD assets...

  • Technology
  • 11 April 2012
WSGR hires PE-focused partner in Shanghai

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), the US-based law firm specializing in technology and life sciences, has hired Zhan Chen as a partner in Shanghai. Her practice focuses on private equity, privatizations and M&A.

  • Greater China
  • 11 April 2012
Temasek president seeks winding up of Primus’ Singapore unit

The Singapore unit of Primus Pacific Partners is being sued by Lee Theng Kiat, president of Temasek Holdings, over S$67,802 ($53,760) in unpaid rent on a bungalow. According to papers filed with the Singapore High Court, Lee and his wife are seeking a...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 April 2012
CBC leads Series C round for Chinese HR service provider

China Broadband Capital (CBC) has led a Series C funding round for CDP Group, a human capital management services provider in Greater China and Asia.

  • Greater China
  • 10 April 2012
Navis proposes $88m buyout of Singapore-listed Adampak

Navis Capital Partners has completed a S$110.7 million ($87.9 million) buyout of Adampak, a Singapore-listed label company. The PE firm can take Adampark private once the offer is accepted by more than 90% of the company's shareholders.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 April 2012
Temasek, RRJ buy half of $1.3b Kunlun Energy offering

Temasek Holdings and RRJ Capital, the $2 billion private equity fund set up former Hopu Investment head Richard Ong, has purchased almost half of the shares in a $1.34 billion offering by Kunlun Energy.

  • Greater China
  • 10 April 2012
GIC, Baring invest $97m in India’s Marico

Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC) and Baring India Private Equity will purchase a 4.8% stake in Marico, the leading Indian manufacturer of personal care products, for INR5 billion ($97.7 million). The proceeds will partly be used to finance...

  • South Asia
  • 10 April 2012
CHAMP Private Equity exits IES to McAleese Group

CHAMP Private Equity has sold International Energy Services (IES), a logistics firm that specializes in the transportation of fuel products and hazardous chemicals, to McAleese Group. It is further confirmation of trade sales as the preferred exit channel...

  • Australasia
  • 10 April 2012
Hony, TPG consider bid for Japan’s Elpida Memory

Hony Capital and TPG Capital are preparing a bid for Elpida Memory, the Japanese chipmaker that filed for bankruptcy protection in February. The private equity firms are expected to face significant competition from strategic investors, with South Korea’s...

  • North Asia
  • 10 April 2012
TA Associates backs Indian online payment provider

TA Associates has acquired a minority stake in BillDesk, India’s leading online payment services provider. The investment, terms of which were not disclosed, is seen as a means of leveraging both increasing internet penetration in the country and growing...

  • South Asia
  • 10 April 2012
Shanghai to allow PE funds to raise RMB for overseas investment

Shanghai is planning to launch a pilot program that would allow both international and domestic private equity managers to raise renminbi from Chinese companies and individuals for outbound investments.

  • Greater China
  • 03 April 2012
India PE fund invests in bookadda.com

T.V. Mohandas Pai, the former Infosys director, and his partner Ranjan Pai have invested in Indian online book retailer bookadda.com through their $100 million private equity fund.

  • South Asia
  • 03 April 2012
Advent International to invest $105m CARE Hospitals

Advent International will invest $105 million in multi-specialty hospital chain CARE Hospitals, representing its third investment in India.

  • South Asia
  • 03 April 2012
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