Private Equity/LBO News

The infrastructure theme in Asia continues this week with the decision by Australian port firm Asciano to reject a US$2.7bn bid by TPG Capital and Global Infrastructure Partners,... 2008-08-06

South Korea's finance ministry has said that it will immediately privatise Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), but will not privatise the country's public utilities... 2008-07-24

Ashmore Investment, the fund management subsidiary of Ashmore Group PLC and an emerging markets specialist said on June that it is launching its fifth special situations fund, to... 2008-06-24

Unisteel Technology, a manufacturer of computer disk-drives parts, has agreed to be acquired by US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) through its special purpose company... 2008-06-13

Morgan Stanley has announced plans to set up a private equity fund in India from May 1, headed by former ICICI Venture director Aluri Rao. The plans reflect the scale of investment... 2008-04-24

China's government investment company, the China State Development and Investment Corporation (SDIC), has to date invested domestically into low risk industries. In fact, the total... 2008-03-06

Deputy Director of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) confirmed March 6 that any foreign firm can enter into a joint venture with Chinese securities houses and fund... 2008-03-06

More evidence of increasing levels of M&A activity between emerging market buyers and US and European target companies comes with the news that HCL Technologies, one of India's leading... 2008-02-27

M&A activity between the U.S. and India is expected to increase significantly as more strategics and financial sponsors look to capitalize on the cost-reduction opportunities offered... 2006-03-20

U.S. food companies such as Kraft Foods, ConAgra Foods, General Mills, Hershey and Bunge will be eyeing acquisitions in China and India to tap into markets with steep growth curves.