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
Michael Spies and his growing roster of senior investment professionals are carefully expanding Tishman Speyer's already significant footprint in Europe. Spies and company recently shared with PERE their team-oriented approach to investing in Europe's biggest cities. By Robin Marriott
9 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR appoints China advisors * Kleiner Perkins bolsters China resource * AlixPartners to ride India wave * Herbert Smith hires for new Dubai office * Bain appoints Japanese tech veteran * Green joins Barwon as third partner * Navis expansion gathers speed * ABN AMRO expands Asia financial sponsor coverage
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Brazilian private equity professionals are trumpeting a major improvement in the country's private equity opportunity. If LPs could get other the politics and see beyond China and India, say Brazilian GPs, they'd be impressed with Brazil's vast economy, sophisticated capital markets and few competing financial investors, David Snow reports.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
