Private Equity

Sep 25

Shanghai aims to attract more offshore PE funds

Shanghai has pledged to continue supporting investment by offshore private equity funds in local technology firms and may increase quotas...

Sep 19

Private equity AUM set to double by 2029, driven by family offices

Growing interest from family offices and individual investors will drive a 106% increase in private equity assets under management (AUM)...

Sep 16

Asian family businesses turn to private equity amid succession gaps

Family-owned businesses in Asia are increasingly turning to private equity firms to drive growth as fewer heirs step forward and...

Sep 6

Taiwan FTC reviews Taishin, CTBC bids for Shin Kong Financial

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing competing bids by Taishin Financial Holding Co and CTBC Financial Holding Co for Shin...

Sep 5

Macquarie Asset Management, PSP Investments sell majority stake in AirTrunk

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have sold their combined 88% interest...

Aug 22

KKR-led consortium eyes USD2bn Tokyo office tower

A consortium led by KKR and Japan’s Hulic has submitted a bid to acquire the Shiodome City Center, a 43-story Tokyo skyscraper owned by...

Aug 19

EQT buys Southeast Asia’s PropertyGuru for USD1.1bn

EQT Private Capital Asia will acquire Southeast Asia’s leading proptech company, PropertyGuru, for USD1.1bn. PropertyGuru’s board...

Aug 1

China loses appeal as investors look to Japan, India & South Korea

Alternative investors are diversifying into Japan, India, and South Korea as China loses appeal for private equity, real estate, and...

Jul 15

Hong Kong tycoon Adrian Cheng to list venture fund on Swiss exchange

Hong Kong property mogul Adrian Cheng is taking his venture fund, C Capital, public by merging it with Swiss-listed Youngtimers AG, to be...

Jul 8

SE Asia fintech fund falls 25% in H1 2024

Funding for Southeast Asia’s financial technology (fintech) startups dropped 25% to USD899m in H1 2024 from USD1.2bn a year ago, Tracxn...

Jun 12

Carlyle eyes 300 Japanese businesses amid PE surge

Carlyle Group Inc. is actively exploring around 300 Japanese businesses, indicating robust private equity activity in the country....

May 31

SE Asia’s PE market struggles with IPO exits

The Southeast Asian private equity (PE) market is facing challenges, particularly with IPO exits, according to Bain & Company’s 2023...

May 28

CFA Institute launches new PE certificate programme

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute has launched a new private equity certificate programme tailored for professionals with...

May 27

Philippines’s first crowdfunding platform for SMEs to shut down

Investree Philippines Inc, the country’s pioneering crowdfunding intermediary and funding platform, is set to cease operations by...

May 24

Carlyle raises record USD2.8bn Japan buyout fund

Carlyle Group raised JPY430bn (about USD2.8bn) for its fifth Japan buyout fund, the largest ever for Japan. This fund is 70% bigger than...

May 22

Crypto startup funding hits USD2.4bn in Q1 2024

Crypto startup funding rose to USD2.4bn in Q1 2024, marking a second consecutive quarterly increase, according to PitchBook. This surge,...

May 1

Philippine fintech receives major funding to launch new credit products

The International Finance Corp. (IFC), a World Bank entity focused on the private sector, is investing USD7m in the Philippine fintech...

Apr 5

Global venture capital funding hits five-year low

Global venture capital investments dropped to USD75.9bn in Q1 2024, marking a five-year low, influenced by high interest rates and...

Mar 29

HSBC launches USD150m venture debt, USD1bn ASEAN fund

HSBC announced a new USD150m venture debt offering, and a USD1bn ASEAN Growth Fund in Singapore, targeting new economy businesses,...

Mar 27

Japanese, Singapore fintech giants team up to expand in SE Asia

Crowd Credit Inc., a Japanese financial services company, and Singapore’s fintech leader Helicap Pte Ltd have signed an MOU to enhance...

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