VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Women's boutique retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. has ousted Lululemon as the most attractive company to date to land private equity bids.

MBK agrees to buy ING's South Korean unit to bring the latter's Asia exit plan closer to conclusion.

One of the largest South African buyout firms, Ethos Private Ltd, is planning to sell its stakes to Alexander Forbes, Africa's largest retirement-fund administrator.

Private equity firms in China scrutinized on competency for international ventures.

CarProof sold a minority share to Hellman & Friedman, a leading private equity firm based in San Francisco.

Data from Private Equity International and Thomson Reuters revealed that private equity companies are now Asia's new bankers.

GEA would target private equity groups with its heat exchanger unit sale worth more than Eur1.3 billion.

Several private equity firms are making investments in wineries.

Mark Mobius of Templeton Emerging Markets Group considered investing in Africa.

Pension funds and other institutional investors are now attacking the fees charged by the once-booming private equity industry.

China yuan funds of overseas PE firms to be treated as foreign.