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Asian private equity acquisitions point to recovery

Date: 05 Mar 2010

Consolidation is taking place alongside venture-capital-style investments, as shown in the past week, which bolsters the impression that the long-awaited economic recovery is now underway, writes mergermarket.

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A quartet of private equity acquisitions in Asia over the past week highlights, perhaps, an increasingly bullish attitude that regionally-focused general partners are now adopting.

For consolidation activity is taking place alongside venture capital-style investments, all of which serves to bolster the impression that the long-awaited economic recovery is well and truly underway.

The first acquisition of the week saw Japanese firm Unison Capital acquire a 61.32% stake in MK Capital Management, the Japanese real estate loan and financial advisory services business,...

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