弘毅获PEI两项大奖：中国最佳机构 欧洲最佳交易

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中华PE:

　　全球 PE 行业权威研究机构 PEI 日前发布其2014年度奖项评选结果，在35000份来自行业精英的投票评选中，KKR、HarbourVest 各获两项桂冠，而来自中国的弘毅投资则被评为“中国最佳机构(Top Firm in China)”，并因去年七月全资并购英国 PizzaExpress 获得“欧洲年度最佳交易(Deal of the Year in Europe)”奖项。

　　在此次评选中，KKR 连续第二年被评为“亚洲区最佳大型机构”，并同时赢得“亚洲区年度最佳退出”奖项。HarbourVest 则被评为亚洲区、美洲区“年度最佳 FOF”。

　　PEI 报道原文如下：

　　PEI Awards 2014: KKR, Hony Capital, HarbourVest win big

　　PEI’s annual awards garnered more than 35,000 votes from industry insiders to blend familiar names with some new faces at the top of 2014’s roll of honour KKR and HarbourVest were big winners in Private Equity International’s 2014 Awards, with both firms carrying off two prestigious awards.

　　KKR was named large-cap firm of the year in Asia for the second year running as the private equity giant continues to make interesting investments across the region from its record-breaking $6 billion Asia Fund II.

　　The firm also won Asia Exit of the Year alongside Affinity Equity Partners for the sale of Oriental Brewery back to its previous owner, Anheuser-Busch InBev, in a $5.8 billion deal that generated a 5.3x return and a 42 percent IRR.

　　Hony Capital was chosen as the top firm in China, and also picked up an award for deal of the year in Europe for its £900 million (€1.2 billion; $1.4 billion) acquisition of PizzaExpress from Cinven’s Gondola Group in July.

　　Another double winner was HarbourVest, which landed the top spot for fund of funds of the year in both Asia and the Americas, the latter for the third year in a row. It was also the third consecutive win for The Riverside Company in the North America mid-market firm of the year category.

　　PEI Awards regular Actis picked up its seventh award in eight years for firm of the year in Africa, and VTB Capital took the top spot in Russia for the fourth year in a row. There was also a repeat win for CVC Capital Partners, which was acclaimed as large-cap firm of the year in Europe, thanks in part to its new 15-year ”strategic opportunities” fund, for which it has secured $2 billion, as well as some interesting deals across the region.

　　2014 saw Dutch pension fund manager PGGM carry off the award for limited partner of the year in Europe, having allocated around €400 million to European private equity last year and there was a first time win for Gulf Capital in the MENA region. The Abu Dhabi-based firm pulled off a $750 million fundraise for GC Partners III and booked a jaw-dropping 10x return on its partial exit of Gulf Marine Services through an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, one of the most profitable transactions in the history of private equity in the Middle East.

　　In Asia Mekong Capital, which was in third place last year, took the top spot for frontier market firm of the year on the back of two spectacular exits, while industry heavyweight The Carlyle Group made its presence felt in Korea through its acquisition of ADT Korea, Tyco International’s Korean security business, for $1.93 billion.

　　This year there was a special Editor’s Choice award for mid-market firm of the year in Europe. Due to a technical glitch, the category was left out of this year’s award survey online, so the editorial team used its discretion and market knowledge to choose PAI Partners as the category’s winner.

　　As well as recognising particular groups, PEI's 2014 Awards honours an individual, naming the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Andrew Bowden as private equity game changer of the year. In his ‘Sunshine Statement’, delivered at one of PEI’s conferences in New York City in May, Bowden said the regulator had discovered “violations of law or material weaknesses in controls over 50 percent of the time” in how private equity firms dealt with handling fees and expenses. Bowden’s speech had an instant and profound impact on the industry that is likely to be felt for some time to come.