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TPG, Carlyle eye $2.4 billion IPO for Australia’s Healthscope: source

August 25, 2021 at 5:54 a.m.

By Stephen Aldred HONG KONG (Reuters) - Buyout firms TPG Capital and Carlyle Group are targeting a $2.4 billion initial public offering of shares in Australia's Healthscope Ltd as their...

The Alibaba culture: kung fu commerce with a dash of theater

December 24, 2018 at 12:05 a.m.

By Paul Carsten and Stephen Aldred BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Jack Ma and his colleagues sat down in 2001 to lay out Alibaba's defining values, they named them after...

Foxconn eyes buyout firm MBK’s Taiwan cable TV unit: source

August 25, 2021 at 3:44 a.m.

TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc's main contract manufacturer, is in talks with Asian private equity firm MBK Partners to buy Taiwanese cable TV company China Network...

Blackstone Asia head Chae to oversee Asia ops from NY: memo

August 25, 2021 at 3:40 a.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP's head of private equity for Asia, senior managing director Michael Chae, is returning to New York after three years in Hong Kong, according...

KKR’s Korean brewery win fuelled by hot soup and soju sessions

August 25, 2021 at 12:29 a.m.

SEOUL/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A story Oriental Brewery boss Chang In-soo often tells about his days as a soju salesman is how he and two clients once worked through 29...

RRJ Capital raising up to $1 billion real estate fund

August 24, 2021 at 10:25 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asia private equity firm RRJ Capital is launching an up to $1 billion real estate fund that will mostly target investments in China, the firm's founder,...

Banks said to lend China’s Shuanghui $7 billion for Smithfield deal

August 24, 2021 at 4:08 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bank of China and Morgan Stanley have combined to provide $7 billion of loans to finance Shuanghui International's record deal to buy U.S. pork producer Smithfield...

Exclusive: Princeling-backed firm eyes $500 million China buyout fund – sources

August 24, 2021 at 7:15 a.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nepoch Capital, a new private equity firm founded by the son of a former member of China's politburo, has launched the first 'princeling' fundraising since the...

Carlyle-led consortium agrees to buy 7 Days for $688 million

August 24, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A consortium led by Carlyle Group and company management has reached a deal to take Chinese economy hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd private, after...

Blackstone, China firm shortlisted for $1.5 billion Ingham Chicken deal: sources

August 23, 2021 at 11:10 p.m.

HONG KONG/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and China agribusiness company New Hope Group are through to the final round of bidding for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, a...

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