Jun 13, 2013 | Asia, China, East Asia, News
The Wall Street Journal 4 June 2013 SHANGHAI—Haitong Securities Co.’s private-equity arm plans to launch its first yuan- and dollar-denominated funds focused on buyouts, aiming to raise more than $526 million to take controlling stakes in consumer goods and...
Jun 13, 2013 | Asia, China, East Asia, News
Reuters 5 June 2013 (Reuters) – China’s top economic planner has approved South Korea’s SK Group taking a 35 percent stake in a $2.7 billion petrochemical complex that state refiner Sinopec Corp built in central China, a government statement said on...
Jun 13, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – The private equity owners of Numericable have hired Rothschild to work on a Paris stock market debut this year that could value the French cable operator at up to 5 billion euros ($6.7 billion), four sources with knowledge of the plan...
Jun 13, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
May 31 (Reuters) – PIK Group , one of Russia’s largest home builders, said on Friday it would raise $275 million through a share issue to reduce debt and fund investments. The company, in which Suleiman Kerimov’s investment vehicle Nafta Moskva owns...
Jun 13, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News 11 June 2013 Last week Runa Capital, a Moscow-based, $135 million tech fund that operates internationally, closed a $3 million funding deal with Playtox, a software developer and publisher that specializes in free-to-play mobile browser games....
Jun 13, 2013 | Brazil, Latin America, News
Bloomberg 21 May 2013 GP Investments Ltd., Latin America’s largest private-equity fund, agreed to pay $33 million for a 26.7 percent stake in Apen AG as it seeks to expand in emerging markets. The deal makes GP the biggest shareholder in Zug, Switzerland-based Apen...
