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
Mellon Ventures’ successor firm Navigation Capital, along with limited partner Goldman Sachs, is looking to capitalise on an untapped niche in the specialty finance industry.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Linklaters’ banking partners Annette Kurdian and Nick Syson outline the shift to tighter deal terms and structure which began amid last summer’s liquidity crisis and shows little sign of abating.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Linklaters’ banking partners Annette Kurdian and Nick Syson outline the shift to tighter deal terms and structure which began amid last summer’s liquidity crisis and shows little sign of abating.
3 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
Advantage Partners is getting close to acquiring Tokyo Star Bank after talks of a deal first surfaced in May last year.
2 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
Largely unaffected by the sub-prime crisis, the Japanese leveraged finance market is open for business. The availability of cheap credit bodes well for buyouts led by private equity. Sponsorless deals on the other hand will remain the exception – despite an interesting precedent. Sharon Lim reports.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
In Asia, the credit crunch has had limited impact on debt markets so far. Buyout pros and leveraged finance specialists in Hong Kong and Singapore are nevertheless bracing for tricky times. By Patricia Lee.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
