AXA Private Equity announced this week the opening of its first China office in the country’s capital, Beijing. This continues the firm’s expansion in Asia having opened its first office in Singapore in 2005. It has since deployed USD1.3billion of capital across the region. AXA Private Equity said the Beijing
Myanmar President Thein Sein signed a much anticipated Foreign Investment Law on 2 November, after the bill was passed by Parliament a day earlier. At his first domestic press conference last month, President Sein said that Myanmar needed foreign investments to create jobs. The country reportedly attracted USD660m in foreign
AXA Private Equity is opening an office in Beijing, the firm’s first in China. AXA Private Equity is opening an office in Beijing, the firm’s first in China. The move will boost the firm’s presence in Asia as it continues its international growth strategy. AXA Private Equity opened its first
On the back of the HSI Volatility Index (VHSI), which measures Hang Seng Index (VNKY) option prices, reaching a six-year low earlier in October, Asian hedge funds are positioning themselves to bet on a return of volatile asset prices reported Bloomberg News this week. Andrew Wong, a former Artradis Fund
Lumi, a provider of nutritional beauty products in China, has raised USD20m (RMB120m) in a series B funding led by private equity firm ClearVue Partners. Fidelity, JAFCO and Capvent also participated in the round, along with existing shareholder, DCM. William Chen, managing partner of ClearVue, is also joining Lumi’s board
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has opened an office in Singapore. The office, which is KKR’s seventh in Asia Pacific, will serve as the regional hub for Southeast Asia and will be dedicated towards its investment activities throughout the region. The Singapore office builds upon KKR’s model of marrying market knowledge of experienced
FLAG Capital Management, a private capital investment manager, is to acquire Squadron Capital, a Hong Kong-based private equity investment firm with USD1.5bn in assets under management. The transaction increases FLAG’s total AUM to over USD6bn and allows it to more effectively deliver global solutions in private equity, venture capital, natural
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Marc Keirstead as chief financial officer of its private equities department, effective immediately. In his new role, Keirstead (pictured) will be responsible for the oversight and delivery of the finance and administration function for the private equities department. This function encompasses portfolio
SAIF Partners, one of China’s biggest domestic private equity firms with around USD4billion in assets under management, plans to launch a Greater China hedge fund reported Reuters this week. This would make it the first Chinese PE firm to move into the hedge fund space, although the plans are still
Insurers and investors should prioritise investing in assets with little or no correlation to financial markets given the uncertain future for the global economy, according to PDL International, a provider of investment services to institutional and high net worth clients. Speaking at the first Asia Conference on Investment and Portfolio
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