Private Equity

29 Apr 2013

Does big really mean good, or even successful? Or is it time for us to think differently? I raised these questions in a report I wrote last week about foreign investments in China, which attracted...

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Big buyout firms find size isn't all in China business

23 Apr 2013

Some of the world's biggest private equity players are learning the hard lesson that size does not guarantee success when it comes to making investments in China.

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Authorities clash over control of PE funds

1 Apr 2013

A tug of war has erupted between the mainland's securities regulator and top economic planning agency for control over the private-equity sector.

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Dell buyout proposal fails to impress shareholders

14 Feb 2013

Dell's biggest outside investors, T. Rowe Price and Southeastern Asset Management, oppose the US$13.65-a-share proposal, saying it undervalues the number-three maker of personal computers.

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Up to 25% of private-equity firms set to disappear

13 Feb 2013

Private equity, an investing trade plied by 4,500 firms with US$3 trillion in assets, is bracing for a shake-out that has been brewing since the collapse of credit markets choked off a record...

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Focus Media accepts US$3.7b buyout offer

21 Dec 2012

Focus Media has agreed to go private in a US$3.7 billion acquisition led by its founding chairman, global investment firm Carlyle Group and leading mainland private equity companies.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Storytellers pile into private equity as industry mushrooms

What skills and experience does a person need to become a private equity professional?

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Private equity gambling

Private-equity investors in China may have to worry about their reputations among mainland entrepreneurs, thanks to several unhappy cases of private equity investments that seemed more like...

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Generic drugs firm to grow sideways

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical, a unit of mainland conglomerate Fosun International, said it plans to grow horizontally through acquisitions of drug makers that offer synergies with its products....

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SECURITIES

Citic seeks ¥10b for aggressive takeover fund

Mainland brokerages are expected to inject new life into the country's sluggish private-equity sector after the regulator waived rules to help them diversify their revenue sources.

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STOCK MARKET

Focus Media gets US$3.5b buyout offer

Chinese display-advertising provider Focus Media Holding plans to go private, making it the biggest Chinese company to delist itself on a US stock market.

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MANUFACTURING

NVC Lighting hit by strike threat

Suppliers have reportedly stopped dealing with Hong Kong-listed NVC Lighting amid growing tensions between the board and management.

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