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The Carlyle Group,
established in 1987, is one of the world's largest private equity firms,
with more than US$75.6 billion under management. With 55 funds across
four investment disciplines: buyouts, venture & growth capital, real
estate and leveraged finance. Carlyle combines global vision with local
insight, relying on a top-flight team of more than 500 investment
professionals operating out of offices in 21 countries to uncover
superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the
Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.
CDH Investments is an international
alternative asset fund manager with more than US$2.0 billion of
committed capital under management. CDH Investments was established in
2002 by the former private equity group of China International Capital
Corporation and is managed by an experienced team of senior investment
professionals who have been working together since 1995. They have
invested in some of China's most successful companies, such as China
Mengniu Dairy, Li Ning, Focus Media, Yurun Group, and LDK Solar.
Founded in 2002, CITIC Capital
Holdings Limited is a leading China-focused investment management and
advisory firm. The company manages over US$1.3 billion of capital from a
diverse base of international investors. Its core businesses include
Private Equity, Asset Management, Real Estate and Structured Finance.
The team combines deep knowledge of the China business and financial
markets with world-class investment expertise in order to create value
for investors.
Merrill Lynch is one of the world's
leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, with
offices in 38 countries and territories and total client assets of
almost US$2.0 trillion. Merrill Lynch offers a broad range of services
to private clients, small businesses, and institutions and corporations,
organizing its activities into two interrelated business segments -
Global Markets & Investment Banking Group and Global Wealth Management,
which is comprised of Global Private Client and Global Investment
Management.
In 1935 Morgan Stanley left J.P.
Morgan & Co. to open its business as an investment banking firm in New
York. With more than 50 thousand employees and 600 branches in 27
countries, Morgan Stanley provides various financial service products
including securities issue, asset management, M&A and credit card
service. In August, 1995, Morgan Stanley set up CICC (China
International Capital Corporation) with the cooperation of CCB (China
Construction Bank) and became the first international financial joint
investment bank in mainland China. Through CICC, Morgan Stanley provided
overseas IPO services for many Chinese companies like China Unicom,
Sinopec Group, China Telcom etc., and successfully raised capital over
US$10 billion. |
