Nearly a year after Ripplewood’s $740 million deal for Daewoo fell apart, Morgan Stanley appears headed toward an agreement to buy the Korean electronics company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Nearly a year after Ripplewood’s $740 million deal for Daewoo fell apart, Morgan Stanley appears headed toward an agreement to buy the Korean electronics company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity firm is looking to capitalize on opportunities from increasing global demand for the natural resource.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Ernst & Young veteran John Harley has landed a top private equity role and he is looking forward to helping advance the transparency debate surrounding sovereign wealth funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Ernst & Young veteran John Harley has landed a top private equity role and he is looking forward to helping advance the transparency debate surrounding sovereign wealth funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms around the globe last year set a new record on the fundraising trail, according to proprietary statistics from PERE magazine.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms around the globe last year set a new record on the fundraising trail, according to proprietary statistics from PERE magazine.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bahrain investor goes large in US * H&Q takes control of Taiwan Sumida Electronics * Fidelity backs online manufacturing marketplace * HSBC buys into Indian software business * Tasameem eats up dim sum restaurants * Rasmala buys into private equity group * CDH, Goldman team up again * Consortium invests $1bn in Indian telecoms * Abraaj nets 75% IRR on internet deal
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Goh Yew Hong is a co-founder of Axiom Asia Private Capital, a Singapore-based fund of fund manager founded in 2006. Established by a group of former executives from Singapore's GIC Special Investment, Axiom made headlines last year when it raised $440 million to invest in Asia-focused private equity funds. Axiom Asia represents a new generation of local fund of fund managers that have gained favour with investors outside the region who like the local and institutional experience of professionals like Goh. At GIC, which he joined in 1995, Goh was involved in investments in private equity funds, direct deals and co-investments. Sharon Lim spoke to him in January.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In January, Tony James, president of the Blackstone Group, met with our US editor David Snow for a wide-ranging, exclusive interview. Unsurprisingly given current industry trends, Asian private equity was one of the main topics of the conversation.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
