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The Tokyo-based firm intends to raise the fund this year and will target investors like Sinagpore's Temasek.

The Tokyo-based firm has implemented widespread reform - and had senior management take pay cuts - after an independent committee confirmed a former partner had engaged in insider trading for seven years.

Two weeks after an affiliate division raised private equity's largest-ever RMB fund, the sovereign wealth-backed fund manager has closed its second buyout fund.

Operating a private equity fund in South Korea may become easier.

The global fund, believed to be the first of its kind, plans to leverage the massive buying power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

The education company could reportedly raise up to A$600m from a listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, although a trade sale will also be considered.

The MENA-focused firm and the Palestine Investment Fund, an entity that invests on behalf of Palestinians, have provided a $15m anchor commitment to a fund that will invest in Palestinian SMEs.

The Beijing-based firm raised $1.3bn for CITIC Mianyang Private Equity Fund, which counts China's state pension fund as its largest LP.

The private equity firm has taken a joint 91% interest in publicly traded Indonesian retailer Matahari Department Store.

Having previously owned and publicly floated the US pizza delivery giant, Boston-headquartered Bain is now set to buy Domino's Japanese operations, valued at $67m.