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The Chinese buyout fund’s latest acquisition is the start of an M&A rollup strategy with a focus on bringing niche brands to the increasingly affluent and brand-conscious China market.

The buyout firm’s acquisition of New Zealand-based Trilogy is on trend with global consumer shift towards natural products but out of fashion in age of born-digital upstarts and single brand VC-investments.

The Chinese private equity company plans to help the Jiangsu-based facility management firm it is buying expand organically and via M&A.

The private equity firm was the fixer for its portfolio company’s JV and bought time from its creditors for GNC. Its role highlights a growing trend in China’s going-out deals.

CITIC and CITIC Capital will have a controlling stake of 52%, while Carlyle and McDonald’s will have interests of 28% and 20%, respectively.

Japanese investors need to carefully sift through a bumper crop of funds raising capital. Smaller gems may outperform.

Citic Capital Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Chinese mattress maker and retailer King Koil Shanghai Sleep System.

Seven cornerstone investors have pledged $512 million as Harbin Bank becomes the latest in a long line of mainland Chinese financial institutions to seek a Hong Kong listing.

Group including Citic Capital, Oriza Holdings and China Merchants Group secure stake in privately run express delivery services company based in Shenzhen.