London-based buyout firm CVC Capital has a new $4.1 billion war chest to use in Asia. It's the largest private equity fund ever raised for the Asia-Pacific region, according to PE Hub. The fund,...
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Hangzhou-based C.Straits Food Chain Co. Ltd. announced last week that it has sold a 20% stake in its C.Straits Café restaurants chain in China to Goldman Sachs and Whitesun Equity Partners for $30...
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I saw a short but interesting piece in Today's Financial News (TFN) recently that proclaimed that Taiwan (not Mainland China) was the place to invest your money. The author had reasons... First,...
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UK private equity firm 3i looks set to cash in on its investment two years ago in on of China's largest restaurant chains. The restaurant chain Little Sheep looks set to float an IPO in Hong Kong...
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The establishment of four new private equity funds is being worked out by the Chinese government, according to the Caijing Magazine. The decision by China's State Council would bring the total...
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Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia is moving into China's green energy sector in a big way. According to the China Daily, Barring and its Mainland associate Chengwei Ventures LLC have...
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With opportunities in the US thinning out a little because of the economic slow down, Baird Private Equity has become the latest PE Fund management company to look toward China for new investment...
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Private equity firm Blue Ridge is moving into China in a big way. The company has developed a China-focused fund that is about twice the size of what JP Morgan is commiting at the moment to the whole...
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With private equity markets in the US slowing down, JP Morgan is the latest major player to look elsewhere for action. The company has set aside $750 million in a new fund focused on asia. According...
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Hong Kong-based private equity firm orchid Asia Group Management Ltd. has closed its fourth private equity fund focused on China, according to a press release from the company last week. The new fund...
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Goldman Sachs and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek Holdings, are among the investors in a new $2 billion private equity fund that will focus on China. The new fund, called the Hopu Fund,...
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While the Chinese are evidently still bullish on China, the Sydney Morning Herald is among a number of sources that published a report last month saying that multinational investors were cutting back...
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Alex Akesson across the hall from me here at Creative Weblogging tells me that Swiss banking group SYZ & CO, has "launched six new sub-funds of its $1.3bn Luxembourg-domiciled umbrella fund...
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The possibility of more relaxed trade between Mainland China and Taiwan has become a topic of conversation in the wake of an election in Taiwan that Kuomintang (KMT) party control of the legislature...
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Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek Holdings, has partnered with two Canadian pension funds to create "a high-profile private equity fund looking to invest in China," according to...
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I've seen it discussed in a number of places recently. There are some basic truths about Foreign direct investment that seem to get covered up, misinterpreted, distorted - pick your adjective......
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The Times Online says it's bingo! Gala Coral, a British gambling operator backed by private equity funds, has managed to get a license to operate a bingo club in Hebei Province in China. It's...
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Private equity firms Hikari Private Equity and Susquehanna International Group China have invested $20 million in the video sharing site 56.com, according to Personal Bee. Several other partners were...
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After making its debut investment earlier this month in a basic industrial sector of the Chinese economy, China's first home grown private equity fund is continuing to take a different path than...
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Forbes published a report recently saying that private equity continues to face hurdles in China. China's private equity industry is in a state of change and is experiencing growth. We reported...
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Bohai Industrial investment fund, China's first Western-styled private equity fund, made its debut investment Friday. Where did the money go? Not to the tech sector or to clean energy. Not into...
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Asia Pulse is among a number of sources following the growing involvement of foreign private equity (FPE) in China's real estate market. The venture capital company Zero2IPO is suggesting three...
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After almost four years in Shanghai, the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges finally looks set to open a Hong Kong office next month. The opening will make Weil the last of New York City's five...
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