Sun Capital’s recently established Japanese affiliate has completed its first deal with the acquisition of “Fruit Jelly” snack maker Tarami.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts have argued that Japan is set to change its attitude to private equity over time, as investors demand better returns.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The property arm of the New York-based hedge fund has filed documents for a $200m publicly traded REIT focused on investments in real estate debt.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
FIRST ROUND 2007-05-01 Staff Writer Just how anyone can question private equity's status as a force for economic good is beyond us. Not only do many successful general partners create jobs in their investment portfolio, but they also boost local businesses around them. Take Apax Partners for example: the Lon
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Unitus Equity Fund has decided to set aside 10 percent of its profits to help the world’s poor gain access to microfinance.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In March, PEI Asia got hold of Mark Mobius, the globetrotting managing director of Franklin Templeton Investments, in Panama and asked him for his thoughts on the Shanghai stock market crash and its implications for private equity.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle invests in Indian outsourcing company * SIDBI, Clearstone finance Indian start-up * Merrill Lynch, PEP approach Australian credit company * Catalyst buys stake in catalogue firm * Bain Capital enters China real estate * Orchid Asia lists portfolio company * Private equity circles JVC * Vogo advances toward third deal * PMP ends talks with private equity * PEP's $1.3bn take-private grounded * Coles up for grabs
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle hires for MENA push * Merrill Lynch to expand Asia financial sponsor coverage * Former ANZ Capital director sets up own firm * SAC hires private equity team * Gulf Finance House reorganises private equity * Oaktree Capital installs Asia chairman * Blackstone opens in Hong Kong
4 min read · 12 January 2013
PEI Asia takes a look at some of the key movers and shakers in South Korean private equity.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Chinese regulators appear to be toying with the emotions of private equity firms through a mixture of pronouncements – some interpreted as good, some bad, others virtually impossible to interpret in the first place. On the whole, though, things seem to be moving in the right direction for general partners. Andy Thomson reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013