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Affinity-backed Tegel gets $310m buyout offer

Tegel Group, a poultry producer in which Affinity Equity Partners is the largest shareholder, has received a privatization offer from Philippines-based Bounty Fresh Foods that values the business at approximately NZ$438 million ($310 million).

Affinity buys Trimco from Partners Group for $520m

Affinity Equity Partners has bought Hong Kong-based garment label manufacturer Trimco from Partners Group for $520 million.

Fundraising: fast, large and with a Japanese flavour

What Affinity’s $6bn ‘one-and-done’ tells us about the market in 2018.

Affinity closes fifth Asia fund at $6bn

Affinity Equity Partners has completed a first and final close on its fifth pan-Asian fund at the hard cap of $6 billion.

Affinity hauls in $6bn for fifth Asia buyout fund

The Hong Kong-based manager had a 95% re-up rate and garnered commitments from new LPs including Japan Post Bank.

Affinity to buy Burger King Japan

Affinity Equity Partners, which already owns Burger King in South Korea, has assumed control of the fast food chain’s master franchise for Japan.

Affinity Equity Partners is Best Private Equity House

The Asset Triple A Best Private Equity House is the house that amid the intense competition, expensive valuation and pressures to deploy has remained disciplined to strike the best deal at fair valuation and able to exit at multiples that is the envy of peers.

AVCJ Awards 2016 Special Achievement: Affinity Founder and Chairman K.Y. Tang

K.Y. Tang was among the pioneers of leveraged buyouts in Asia while at UBS Capital Asia. He subsequently spun out to form Affinity Equity Partners, where the success continues