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M&A
OUE buys 49.7% stake in F&B player from related Riady investment vehicle
SINGAPORE (Mar 17): OUE, the property group controlled by Stephen Riady, has acquired a 49.7% stake in Superfood Retail for $7.53 million.
March 17, 2019
Management & Corporate Governance
Tycoon Riady sees no 'more hiccups' in US$18 bil project
SINGAPORE (Mar 13): Indonesia’s Lippo Group sees no “more hiccups” in its flagship US$18 billion ($24.4 billion) township project near Jakarta as a new fundraising plan helps alleviate liquidity concerns.
March 13, 2019
Lippo Karawaci secures US$1.01 bil for recapitalisation; sells mall to LMIRT
SINGAPORE (Mar 12): PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk, the Indonesian property developer controlled by the billionaire Riady family, has secured US$1.01 billion ($1.37 billion) to recapitalise the company.
March 12, 2019
Corruption probe
Arrests leave one of Southeast Asia's biggest projects in limbo
(Oct 18): The arrest of a senior executive at Lippo Group, one of Indonesia’s leading business conglomerates, has thrown into doubt the future of a major development project touted as the “Shenzen of Indonesia.”
October 18, 2018
Corruption probe
Indonesia arrests nine in bribery probe linked to $29 bil Lippo Group project
JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency has arrested nine people, including a top district government official and a company director, in a bribery investigation linked to the Lippo Group’s US$21 billion ($29 billion) Meikarta real estat
October 16, 2018
M&A
Argyle and Lippo bidco fails to obtain 90% of TIH at offer close; no go for compulsory acquisition
SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Kaiser Union -- a takeover vehicle formed by units of hedge fund Argyle Street Management and property group Lippo -- will not be entitled to compulsorily acquire all the shares from shareholders of TIH who have not accepted the offer.
February 20, 2018
Update
It's D-Day for Healthway Medical. Here's a recap
SINGAPORE (April 21): Shareholders of Healthway Medical Corporation will vote on two resolutions in an extraordinary general meeting today.
April 21, 2017
Takeover offer for Healthway Medical by Lippo-linked Gentle Care extended to May 2
SINGAPORE (March 28): Gentle Care, the entity linked to Indonesia’s Lippo Group, is extending the closing date for its takeover offer of Healthway Medical Corporation to 5.30pm on May 2, 2017 after it expired at 5.30pm on Tuesday.
March 28, 2017
Honda Motor invests in Grab to team up on motorcycle sharing
December (Dec 12): Honda Motor Co., the world’s largest motorcycle maker, has become a strategic investor in Grab as part of a partnership to expand the startup’s bike-hailing operations in Southeast Asia.
December 12, 2016
Lippo billionaire Riady invokes Taoism in digital banking foray
SINGAPORE (Oct 7): Indonesian billionaire Mochtar Riady is seeking to rebuild his banking empire almost 20 years after the Asian financial crisis prompted him to back away and focus on real estate.
October 07, 2016