Jenny Blinch
Private equity insiders say the Australian Tax Office's push for tougher taxation rules on foreign private equity investors could also impact investment in other asset classes, including infrastructure.
The latest Coller Capital private equity barometer shows LPs globally are less positive on private equity, with Asia-Pacific LPs standing out as the most downbeat.
China's private equity market will make a much greater contribution to growth of the global economy than US private equity has in the past, according to the co-founder of The Carlyle Group.
The firm's second deal in China is for Beijing Leader & Harvest Electric Technologies, which manufactures energy saving devices.
The listing of the sporting goods chain could fetch up to A$1bn, according to some reports.
The placement agent has appointed Sheng Lu to head its new Shanghai office.
The available capital in the region, and Shariah's spurning of traditional leverage, has made the Islamic fund structuring more popular.