Mar 13, 2013 | East Asia, News
Reuters) – State-backed lender Development Bank of Japan launched on Tuesday a 150 billion yen ($1.56 billion) fund to invest in domestic companies. The fund, which could double in size, is aimed at boosting the competitiveness of Japanese industries, the bank...
Mar 6, 2013 | East Asia, News
(Reuters) – The sale of ING Group’s South Korean unit is set to be revived after private equity-backed Tong Yang Life Insurance Co Ltd said it was considering whether to buy the business, which is valued at about $2.1 billion. Tong Yang has market...
Mar 1, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
HONG KONG, March 1 (Reuters) – A consortium led by Carlyle Group and company management has reached a deal to take Chinese economy hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd private, after raising its bid by 9 percent to $688 million. PE-backed buyouts of Chinese...
Jan 10, 2013 | China, News, North America
New York Times 9 January 2013 Just a few years ago, Silicon Valley investors were pouring money into solar technologies and talking about how they would bring the same kind of innovation to green energy that they had to the computer chip. But few anticipated that...
Oct 15, 2012 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
China Private Equity 30 August 2012 The first rule of capitalism is the more buyers you attract, the higher the price you get. So, having just one potential buyer is generally a lousy idea when your goal is to make as much money as possible. What then to make of the...
Oct 9, 2012 | China, East Asia, News
Gigaom 5 October 2012 Huawei is reportedly giving some serious thought to listing itself on a US or international exchange, exposing its books and ownership structure to the world. An IPO won’t silence all of Huawei’s critics, but it would help the company close...
