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Nominations are open for the AVCJ Awards 2011
As most of you will recall, we started the AVCJ Asian Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards back in 2001, when the region’s nascent private equity industry was going through a “nuclear winter,” picking up the pieces left by the dotcom bust. The awards...
PE's love-hate relationship with corporates
This week's AVCJ highlights three deals, all located down under, involving corporates in private equity – Bain Capital outbidding Sage for Archer and HarbourVest’s MYOB, Asahi taking over Independent liquor from Pacific Equity Partners and Unitas, and...
AVCJ Forum: More than meets the eye
In the June 22 edition of this column, I shared a conversation with a venture capitalist about the reasons why it makes sense for VCs to attend the AVCJ Forum (www.avcjforum.com) in November. Basically, senior partners of the larger private equity and...
Asian LPs and the US Debt Crisis
There has been a shift in the investor base of major private equity funds in recent years as Asia evolves from being just an investment destination to becoming a region for fundraising. Sovereign wealth funds, of course, are leading the way with the substantial...
LPs drive change in private equity
A new survey shows recovering confidence in private equity, but LPs are becoming more selective about their investments.
Riches lie in China's restructuring
Despite the distortions created by recent private equity euphoria in China, the industry can play a crucial role in taking consumers and companies to the next level
Walden's chief on making 11 exits in 15 months
Consistent concentration on core investment values is at the heart of their conspicuous success
Partners Group in Asia
At its annual investor roundtable in Hong Kong last week, Partners Group, the Zug-headquartered $25 billion private markets investment management firm, outlined its global strategy and its view of fundamental investment drivers post the GFC.
StepStone's Brem bound for Beijing
Monte Brem, founding CEO of advisory firm StepStone Group, is looking to roll out what he says is the hitherto imperfectly represented discretionary/advisory approach for asset allocation and LP support in Asia Pacific.
A wining alternative?
One of the more unusual alternative investment fund propositions to have emerged lately is the Lunzer Wine Fund launched by the UK’s Lunzer Wine Investments, and now marketing in Asia Pacific.
Intel re-ups Asia
Intel Capital has reaffirmed its commitment to development of tech companies in Asia, with four new financings in Taiwan, Korea, Japan and China, out of seven recent deals made globally by the multinational corporation’s venture investment unit.