PAG (investment firm)

PAG is an Asian investment firm that manages multiple asset classes, including private equity, private debt, real estate and hedge funds. It is considered one of the largest private investment firms in Asia.[3]

PAG
FormerlyPacific Alliance Group
TypePrivate Ownership
IndustryInvestment Management
Founded2002 (2002)
FoundersWeijian Shan
Chris Gradel
Jon-Paul Toppino
Key people
Weijian Shan (Co-founder, Executive Chairman)
Chris Gradel (Co-founder, CEO)
Jon-Paul Toppino (Co-founder, President)
ProductsPrivate Equity
Real Estate
Private Credit
Hedge Funds
AUMUS$50 billion (June 2022)
Number of employees
577 (2022)[1]
Websitehttps://www.pag.com
Footnotes / references
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In 2023, Private Equity International, ranked PAG as the seventh largest private equity firm in Asia based on total fundraising over the most recent five-year period.[4]

PAG has offices in Asia-Pacific, London and New York.

History

The origins of PAG come from Pacific Alliance Group, a multi-strategy hedge fund co-founded by Chris Gradel and Horst Geicke in 2002. It currently forms PAG’s Credit & Markets business. Millennium Management was one of the initial investors of the firm and went on to invest $150 million for a 20% stake in the firm before Gadel bought it back in 2009. [1][5][6][7]

The Real Assets business grew out of Secured Capital Japan, co-founded in 1997 by Jon-Paul Toppino, a Japanese real estate management company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In March 2009, PAG acquired a 40% stake in Secured Capital via a convertible bond deal of $46 million. In November 2010, PAG acquired the remaining shares of Secured Capital. [1][5][6][7][8]

In July 2010, Weijian Shan joined PAG and established the private equity business of the firm.[1][5][7]

In the same year, Gradel, Shan and Toppino brought their respective strategies together under the PAG brand.[1][5][7]

In 2011 the firm rebranded from Pacific Alliance Group to PAG.[1]

In March 2018, the Blackstone Group acquired a minority stake in PAG.[9][10][11]

In 2019, PAG formed Polymer Capital Management, a long/short equity hedge fund.[12]

In March 2022, PAG filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong aiming to raise $2 billion. However in August 2022, it was reported that it would delayed due to market conditions. [5][11][13]

Asset strategies

PAG has three main strategies, namely Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit & Markets.[1][5]

Its flagship funds are PAG Asia Capital and PAG Growth Capital. [5]

Private Equity

Fund[14] Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
PAG Asia I 2012 USD 2,500
PAG Asia II 2016 USD 3,600
PAG Growth I 2018 USD 350
PAG Asia III 2018 USD 6,000
PAG Growth II 2021 USD 525

Real Assets

Fund[15] Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
Secured Capital Japan Real Estate Partners 2004 USD 126
Secured Capital Japan Real Residential Fund I 2004 USD 174
Secured Capital Japan Real Estate Partners II 2005 USD 176
Secured Capital Japan Real Estate Partners Asia 2006 USD 758
Secured Capital Japan Real Residential Fund II 2007 USD 132
Secured Capital Japan Real Estate Partners IV 2009 USD 535
Secured Capital Real Estate Partners V 2013 USD 1,500
PAG Real Estate Partners I 2016 USD 1,300
Secured Capital Real Estate Partners VI 2017 USD 1,900
PAG Real Estate Partners II 2019 USD 2,250
Secured Capital Real Estate Partners VII 2020 USD 2,750

Credit & Markets

Fund[14] Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
PAG Asia Special Situations Fund 2011 USD 900
PAG Asia Loan Fund 2013 USD 1,500
PAG Asia Special Situations Fund II 2014 USD 1,375
PAG Asia Loan Fund II 2014 USD 800
PAG Asia Loan Fund III 2018 USD 950
PAG Asia Loan Fund IV 2020 USD 1,500
PAG Asia Loan Fund V[16] 2022 USD 2,600

Notable Deals

On 13 December 2013, PAG invested $250 million into theme park operator Universal Studios Japan. Other investors in the deal included Goldman Sachs, MBK Partners and Owl Creek.[17]

On 16 June 2014, TPG Capital, PAG and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan acquired DTZ from UGL Limited for an enterprise value of US$1.215 billion. On 11 May 2015, DTZ merged with Cushman & Wakefield in a $2 billion deal. On 2 August 2018, Cushman & Wakefield held an IPO and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CWK”.[18][19][20]

On 27 June 2014, PAG acquired Commerzbank's Real Estate subsidiary in Japan including a EUR700 million ($954 million) Japanese mezzanine property loan portfolio.[21]

On 21 October 2014, PAG's Secured Capital announced sale of Pacific Century Place Marunouchi in Japan to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC for US$1.7 billion (S$2.2 billion).[22][23]

On 5 January 2016, Chinese milk firm Yili Group sold all its remaining right on China Youran Dairy Group to Yogurt Holding I (HK) Limited, a subsidiary of PAG.[24]

On 20 April 2016, Apex Technology and PAG acquired Lexmark for US$3.6 billion.[25][26]

On 2017, PAG acquired Yingde Gasses, largest independent industrial gases producer in China.[27]

On 11 April 2018, PAG and Joyson Electronics funded Key Safety Systems to successfully complete the acquisition of Air-Bag Maker, Takata for $1.588 billion. The combined company was rebranded Joyson Safety Systems.[28][29]

On 12 July 2019, PAG acquired Craveable Brands from Archer Capital for $450m.[30]

On 27 August 2020, PAG acquired a 51% stake in Edelweiss Wealth Management (EWM), the second largest non-bank wealth management business in India for US$300 million (INR 22 billion).[31]

On 19 November 2020, PAG signed an agreement to invest up to AUD150 million in Regional Express Airlines (REX) to support the launch of Rex's domestic jet operations scheduled to commence on 1 March 2021.[32][33]

In April 2021, PAG was merging Yingde Gases Group with Shanghai Baosteel Group, in preparation for a $10 billion offshore IPO.[34] In the same year, PAG completed the acquisition of % Arabica.[35]

In August 2022, PAG announced it has entered into an agreement with H.I.S. Co., Ltd. to acquire Huis Ten Bosch, one of Japan’s largest theme parks, for $480 million.[36]

In September 2022, PAG entered into agreements to acquire Patties Foods and Vesco Foods, two leading Australian companies in the food and consumer sector.[37]

In August 2023, it was reported that PAG would acquire Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' controlling stake in Australian Venue Co. for about A$1.4 billlion.[38][39]

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