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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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. So...
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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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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...
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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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