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by Greg Cruey on December 20, 2008
PE Hub is reporting that Jonathan Mandel, the managing director of Morgan Stanley's Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific private equity banking team, was "let go" as part of a round of layoffs a...
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by Greg Cruey on December 1, 2008
All the way back in July, Richard Brubaker over at All Roads Lead to China suggested that General Motors could become a chinese-owned company....with firms like Anhui Cherry already showing at the Det...
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by Greg Cruey on November 10, 2008
PEHub reported last week on the growing investment in education that private equity firms seem to be making in Asia.
Because of the value that Asian society places on education, the sector is seen b...
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by Greg Cruey on November 8, 2008
A number of news sources (Reuters, Xinhua) are reporting that Apax Partners plans to open an office in Shanghai by the end of the year.
The Shanghai office would be the Private Equity firms first off...
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by Greg Cruey on November 2, 2008
Last week Intel Capital invested in three different Chinese companies, according to Reuters.
Intel Capital is the investment arm of Intel Corp. According to Reuters, Intel Capital invested $20 millio...
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by Greg Cruey on October 27, 2008
TRENDSnIFF reported Friday that UK private equity inverstor Actis is leading an investment push into two China companies: 7 Days Inn and Ambow Education.
Other investors involved in the two deals inc...
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by Greg Cruey on October 12, 2008
Alibaba is investing $732 million in Chinese ecommerce site Taobao, according to The Inquisitr.
According to the Inquisitr:Taobao has created an e-commerce ecosystem consisting of 80 million users, ...
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by Greg Cruey on October 1, 2008
A Reuters report in the International Herald Tribune today says that private equity firms Bain Capital and Silver Lake have submitted formal offers for a stake in China's largest mobile phone equi...
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by Greg Cruey on October 1, 2008
The Street was among several news sources that reported earlier this week on Warren Buffett's move into China. Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., has announced plans to invest about $2...
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by Greg Cruey on September 29, 2008
The Economic Times reported yesterday that Abu Dhabi Investment House is planning a $1.5 billion private equity fund to invest (along with a Chinese partner) in real estate and manufacturing in China....
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by Greg Cruey on September 28, 2008
TRENDSnIFF reported last week that online men's apparel retailer PPG (Perfect Products Group) "bagged US$100 million in fourth-round financing from an unnamed American department store operat...
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by Greg Cruey on September 16, 2008
Hua An Fund Management Co. warned today that it could suffer "potentially heavy losses" from bankruptcy of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, according to the Industry Standard.
No numbe...
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by Greg Cruey on September 11, 2008
Private equity investment in China is down. On August 27 Business Week reported that PE investment was down over the first seven month of the year by over 42%. The came the Xinhua story on the August ...
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by Greg Cruey on August 18, 2008
PE HUB is reporting that Shanghai has decided to let foreign investors register legally as local equities investment firms. That includes private equity and venture capital funds. The move is designed...
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by Greg Cruey on August 15, 2008
2point6billion published a piece earlier this month on infrastructure funds and their growing presence in asia.
According to their post, private equity is investing in infrastructure in emerging mar...
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by Greg Cruey on August 7, 2008
China Security & Surveillance Technology has completed a private placement transaction worth about $10 million.
The company sold over 720,000 warrants worth $19.23 each to a handful to investors...
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by Greg Cruey on August 6, 2008
Asian Investor is reporting that China's State Council is issuing four new licenses to private-equity firms for onshore investments. And China's National Development & Reform Commission (N...
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by Greg Cruey on July 13, 2008
PE Hub said this week that Legend Capital has raised $400 million for a private equity fund focused on technology, media and telecom in China.
Legend Capital's parent company, Legend Group, is b...
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by Greg Cruey on July 12, 2008
Reuters is reporting that Capital Today is close to finishing up the fund raising on a new $600 million private equity fund to be focused on China.
The new fund will emphasize "retail, consumer ...
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by Greg Cruey on July 10, 2008
The China Daily reported this week that European PE Firm CVC Capital Partners is opening a Beijing office.
Founded in 1981, CVC Capital Partners ("CVC") is a leading global private equity ...
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by Greg Cruey on May 7, 2008
Reuters is reporting that China's national pension fund, the National Social Security Fund, is looking to invest up to 10% of its assets in private equity.
The fund is worth about $74 billion. S...
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by Greg Cruey on April 20, 2008
Two private equity funds, the Carlyle Group and MBK Partners, are in discussions to obtain a 25 percent stake in Sunny Bank. The small investment bank is in Taiwan. Reuters is reporting on the story. ...
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by Greg Cruey on April 19, 2008
Nanjing-based ET Solar has come up with $19 million as part of a "Series A redeemable convertible preferred share placement," According to Clean Edge News.
ET Solar is an integrated manufac...
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by Greg Cruey on April 18, 2008
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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by Greg Cruey on April 13, 2008
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 mil...
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by Greg Cruey on April 3, 2008
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...
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by Greg Cruey on March 31, 2008
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 Kon...
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by Greg Cruey on March 16, 2008
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 num...
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by Greg Cruey on March 15, 2008
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 inv...
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by Greg Cruey on March 7, 2008
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 opti...
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