Betting on the basics
Next Century gains partial exit from Fastech listing
Asian Venture Capital Journal, November 1999

Go with the winners and cut the losers, is about the hoariest investment adage there is. But it still works. And it's the bedrock philosophy that Manila and Singapore-based private equity fund managers Next Century Partners (NCP) have applied in picking the Philippine companies they've invested in since the Asian economic meltdown of two years ago. Listing Fastech Synergies Ltd on the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) shows the strategy at work.    Click here to download full article.

Growing Potential
The Asset, September 1999

Foreign funds may differ in priorities, but those with long-term view are finding the Philippines a fertile ground for investment. The favoured industries include consumer products, financial services and telecommunications.    Click here to view article on The Asset website.

Project Piña Colada
By Justin Doebele
Forbes Global, September 6 1999

Private equity involves high risks and high rewards. Vincent Pérez took a risk in the Asia crisis; now he's being rewarded.    Click here to view article on Forbes Global website.

Surviving the Storm
Private equity could be your safe harbor
By Vince Perez
Philippines Business, September - October 1998

After the haze from the forest fires last year, a financial haze has clouded over the country. The Peso has fallen. Interest rates have risen. Economic growth has weakened. Hopeless? Not necessarily.    Click here to download entire article.**

Soros Fund invests $45m in the Philippines
By Tracy Corrigan in New York
Financial Times, Friday March 6 1998

Soros Fund Management, George Soros' investment group, has invested $45m in private equity funds in the Philippines, its first investment in the country and its first foray into south-east Asia since the start of the region's financial crisis.    Click here to download entire article.**

Soros in US$45m deal for Philippine private equities
Money committed to two funds in deal managed by Next Century
From Leon Hadar in Washington
The Business Times, Friday, March 6, 1998


SOROS Fund Management has committed US$45m (S$74 million) to two funds that invest in private companies in the Philippines.

The company agreed to inject US$10 million into the Philippine Discovery Investment Company Ltd. (PDI), a Guernsey-registered fund listed on the London Stock Exchange. PDI is managed by Next Century Partners (NCP).    Click here to download entire article.**

Soros-Tied Fund to Invest in Philippines
Commitment Signals Group's Return to the Region as Asian-Asset Buyer
By Eduardo Lachica, Staff Reporter
The Asian Wall Street Journal, Friday - Saturday, March 6 - 7, 1998


NEW YORK - A commitment by a George Soros-affiliated fund to invest as much as $45 million in the Philippines shows how much money is starting to selectively trickle back to some Asian economies.

Next Century Partners Ltd. says it has received a green light from Soros Fund Management LLC, Mr. Soros's principal advisory firm, to invest this sum of SFM funds in Philippine ventures that show promise, despite the current regional turmoil. NCP is registered in Guernsey, U.K.    Click here to download entire article.**


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