India remains reluctant to lift caps on foreign investment in corporate bonds. Critics say the country should change its stance now.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Asian private equity is going through another record year of fund formation. Sharon Lim explains why, and asks for how much longer the boom can continue.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Permira, a leading leveraged buyout proponent, returns to its growth capital roots.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has invested $28 million in a joint venture established with China-listed cement producer Sichuan Golden Summit.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Kabir Misra is in charge of a new Softbank affiliate that is making its mark across Asia.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Asian private equity will not escape unscathed from the global credit crunch.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Blackstone bets on Indian construction * CLSA leads $60m Chinese water financing * Longreach, Phoenix in IT bail-out * Another Oz buyout fails * Chinese VCs busier than ever * US hedge funds bail out Taiwanese bank
4 min read · 12 January 2013
China to relax rules on foreign equity ownership * Australia clears private equity purchase of Symbion Health * Thailand: civil servant recommends alternative assets move * China restricts insurance deals
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Eric Mason heads up The Carlyle Group's leveraged finance division for Asia, a new initiative for the Washington-based private equity group which also runs debt investment teams in Europe and the US. Mason joined Carlyle in June, just before the beginning of the US subprime crisis. Before Carlyle, Mason was managing director and co-head of JP Morgan Syndicated & Leveraged Finance Asia Pacific.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The subprime meltdown is threatening to prevent the LBO model from gaining further ground in Asia. But not everyone involved in Asian private equity has succumbed to pessimism yet, finds Sharon Lim.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
