The Australian superannuation scheme makes its first Asia-dedicated private investment via funds-of-PE-funds manager Siguler Guff.
The growth of China's non-bank lending segment is creating space for investment funds, such as Gen2 Partners' vehicle, to offer mezzanine financing to SMEs and developers.
Rapid expansion into alternative asset management and futures by brokerages with limited experience in these segments is expected to present a plethora of advisory opportunities.
The number of private-wealth investors buying Chinese private-equity assets is rising fast, but their capital and expertise is still limited, says consultancy Zero2IPO.
Law firm Jones Day notes a new trend for locally raised mainland China private-equity funds to acquire overseas assets.
A group of some of China’s most experienced private-equity and venture-capital investors say the best years are yet to come.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood boosts its funds practice by hiring alternative funds specialist Michael Guilday amid rising activity in the segment in China and Hong Kong.
Citic Private Equity may have closed the biggest ever renminbi-denominated PE fund in January, but even larger ones are in the pipeline.
The private-equity firm signs agreements with the governments in Shanghai and Chongqing to set up two renminbi-denominated funds of Rmb5 billion each to invest in Chinese ...
The $240 billion fund is lobbying its regulators to allow it to invest in global alternative investments, but timing is a mystery.
Assets are growing fast at superannuation funds, but they remain cautious about investing in markets such as China, says Baker & McKenzie.
There have been a lot of new entrants to the private-equity market in China in the past year, but limited partners are becoming more discerning about who they invest with.
The Carlyle group announces its second renminbi fund, in partnership with Fosun, with an initial capital of $100 million.
Wu Yibing, president of Citic Private Equity Management, explains the workings of the firm’s newly closed Rmb9 billion fund.
PE backing benefits Chinese companies’ financial performance and governance, as compared to their publicly listed peers, according to a first-of-its-kind survey.
In the first agreement of its type for Carlyle, the US private equity firm will raise RMB-denominated capital to buy Chinese assets.
Aviva’s Asian real estate arm sees the best immediate risk-adjusted opportunities in Japan and Australia, but likes China over the longer term.
The private equity firm has $420 million in equity commitments from investors in Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East.