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Filed in archive Best of on May 5, 2010

Capital Magazine Interprets China's Private Equity Market China Venture News

With the launch of China's stock markets in 1992, Financial news reporting has taken on a wider and more prominent educational role in advising the increasing number of private equity investors. The country now has a plethora of Chinese financial media vying for a slice of the burgeoning 100 million Chinese shareholders all purporting to follow the financial news for market information. According to Professor Nailene Chou Wiest at the Journalism [...] Read More


European PE Firm CVC Capital Partners Opens Beijing Office China Venture News

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 and investment advisory firm, headquartered in Luxembourg with a network of 19 offices across Europe, Asia and the USA. This would be CVC's first Mainland office in China, though it has offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, and Seoul. [...] Read More


Foreign Private Equity Moves Into China's Real Estate Market China Venture News

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 reasons for the trend: Beijing real estate values are being impacted by the coming 2008 beijing olympic games. The 2010 Shanghai World Expo is having much the same impact on real estate values in Shanghai. The idea that an adjustment in the value [...] Read More


Big Picture: Venture Capital, Private Equity Still Drying Up TJ's Weblog

I wrote recently about how rosey the venture capital picture was for greentech firms. Several stories (Venture Beat here and here, TechCrunch) have stressed the continuing downturn in private equity and venture capital fundng.

In the world of venture capital funds, only 17 funds even raise money in the third quarter this year. That's the smallest number in 15 years. A year ago the number was 63; two years ago [...] Read More


The privacy of private equity Sox First

Last year, former Morgan Stanley chairman Sir David Walker issued a report that put greater onus on private equity funds in Britain to provide more details of the financial performance of companies they take over. Sir David's review was triggered by increasing criticism of the private equity industry. It's been accused of a secretive, asset-stripping approach to management that has resulted in thousands of job cuts in recent years.The new [...] Read More