Private equity investments

Private equity returns have consistently outperformed comparative asset classes in annual returns. According to data from Cambridge Associates, an investment consulting firm, nearly every major category of PE matched or exceeded the strong double-digit one-year gains realized in 2013 (Source: Global Private Equity Report 2015 | Bain & Company, Inc.). In an Asian Venture Capital Journal article published in January 2015, “public market returns over the last 15 years have been about 3% - the PE returns have been 8-10%" in Asia.

At KDI, we maintain a diversified portfolio of businesses in real estate, motion picture entertainment and credit financing. The overall valuation of companies globally acquired and managed by us exceeds USD1 billion.

Our private equity team is experienced in making private equity and debt investments, initiating deals, setting up private equity funds, raising capital, arranging co-investments and managing portfolios for its clients.

We provide capital, in the form of equity and debt, to unlisted but promising companies, both large and small, working closely with them to accelerate their growth and helping them to achieve their fullest potential. This is how we harness these investments for attractive returns. The goal is to help our clients create businesses with sustainable and significant value.

Leveraging our global knowledge platform and networks of industry contacts, we provide our clients with industry foresights and access to strategic partnerships and our in-house management expertise.

Our focus is firmly placed on acquiring controlling stakes in cash-flow generating, asset-based businesses around the world, across Hong Kong, Asia, the United States and Western Europe, and especially in real estate, entertainment and finance, where we have accumulated substantial industry connections and investment experience.

When selecting investment targets, we set our sights on unique appreciating assets, including businesses and portfolios with strong fundamentals; strong stable cash flows and higher entry barriers.

We seek situations where significant value of the investments can be unlocked to generate extraordinary gains for our clients. Embracing a proactive, hands-on management approach, we make this happen through balance sheet restructuring to infrastructure or operational improvements of the assets acquired and other strategic moves.