Company Profile: The Carlyle Group established its first Asian office and regional headquarters in Hong Kong in 1998.
Carlyle Group's Asia Pacific network has since expanded to eight offices: Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
Among them, the Beijing, Mumbai and Sydney offices were established in 2005.
Carlyle's Asia funds mainly focus on three business areas, namely: ·Growth funds: Carlyle Group successfully raised US$68 billion in funds for Carlyle Asia Growth Fund III in June 2006.
The fund will mainly invest in outstanding private enterprises in various industries that have good growth records and are in the expansion stage in the most important economic systems in Asia, such as China, India, Japan and South Korea.
Carlyle has established Asia's largest growth capital investment platform, with more than US$1 billion in capital under management.
In addition to Carlyle Asia Growth Fund III, the Carlyle Asia Growth Fund team also manages two funds, Carlyle Asia Ventures I (US$159 million) and Carlyle Asia Ventures II (US$164 million).
Founded in 2000 and 2002 respectively.
·Acquisitions: Carlyle's acquisition investments in Asia and Japan are handled by two localized teams respectively.
Asia (excluding Japan): Carlyle established Carlyle Asia Fund I (US$750 million) in 1999 and established the second Carlyle Asia Fund II (US$1.8 billion) in Asia (excluding Japan) in July 2006.
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Carlyle has established a leading position in the acquisition field in Asia and completed a number of landmark transactions in the Asia-Pacific region, including many of Asia's largest private equity investments - Taiwan Dongsen Media Technology, Taiwan Broadband Communications, South Korea Hanmi Bank
(KorAm Bank) A $435 million private equity investment and China’s largest private equity transaction, a $410 million investment in China Pacific Insurance.
Japan: Carlyle also raised funds focusing on Japanese acquisition investments for the Japanese market. It established Carlyle Japan Fund I (50 billion yen) in 2001 and Carlyle Japan Fund II (215.6 billion yen) in June 2006.
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Carlyle Japan Fund I has successfully made seven investment projects, ranging from health care, industrials, automobiles, outsourcing, telecommunications and media.
·Real Estate: In August 2005, Carlyle Group established a US$410 million Asian Real Estate Fund.
The fund has significant investments in South Korea and Japan.
South Korea, Japan and China are Carlyle's main markets.
How we create value for companies: Like its investment activities in North America and Europe, Carlyle's investment professionals in Asia are well-trained, prudent and dedicated to the success of every company in which they invest.
One of Carlyle's hallmarks is its focus on industries in which it is deeply familiar, including telecommunications and media, information technology, industrials, consumer, health care, energy, real estate and financial services.
Carlyle's investment experts in Asia specifically seek out companies with absolute advantages and potential to ensure that Carlyle's industry expertise and global resources can create value for the companies in which they invest.
Carlyle's global network provides Asian companies with opportunities to do business in world markets by providing opportunities for exchange and cross-border collaboration.
Carlyle also adds value to the company by attracting outstanding management talents, establishing business partnerships, and having strong financial strength to meet the company's strategic needs and provide the latest management systems and management innovation concepts.
Carlyle Asia Growth Fund (CARLYLE ASIA GROWTH CAPITAL GROUP) · Director: Zu Wencui; Managing Director: He Xin, Shankar Narayanan, Haruyasu Asakura · Adopts no industry restrictions in the four target markets of China, India, Japan and South Korea.
Investment policies based on the specific circumstances of each country.
·The investment team consists of a number of senior experts. Each investment expert focuses on the investment area he is familiar with and is based in 6 offices including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tokyo and Seoul.
Investment strategy: ·Discover and invest in companies with outstanding entrepreneurs and successful local management teams to provide financial and other support to high-growth emerging leaders in various industries.
·Mainly make non-controlling large equity investments in companies in the growth stage.
In some cases, such as in Japan, "small holding acquisitions" and strategic corporate spin-offs are also carried out.
·As a long-term value-added partner, actively cooperate with CEOs and senior management of invested companies to accelerate corporate growth by leveraging Carlyle's global network and resources.