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Fund administration: the silver lining post GFC
Fund administration: the silver lining post GFC

It's interesting to note how far – and how deeply – GFC shockwaves reached into private equity practice, even at the shop-floor level, in fund management and administration.

  • Advisory
  • 03 November 2010
India's all-inclusive infrastructure rollout
India's all-inclusive infrastructure rollout

Huge infrastructure development schemes have been underway across most of Asia’s developing economies for some years now, especially in India and China.

  • South Asia
  • 03 November 2010
BHP end game for PotashCorp?

The tussle for control of Canadian fertilizer behemoth PotashCorp took another turn on October 14th, when news broke that premier Chinese chemicals SOE Sinochem Corp. had decided against a counteroffer to rival the $39 billion hostile bid by Australian-based...

  • North America
  • 20 October 2010
Australian private equity: Behind the numbers
Australian private equity: Behind the numbers

Judging by current data, one might think that Australian private equity has seen the best of times become the not-quite-so-good times.

  • Australasia
  • 12 October 2010
Inside India's infra riddle
Inside India's infra riddle

The Athletes' Village furor that erupted in Delhi on the eve of the Commonwealth Games has shone a strong spotlight on the reality of India’s landscape, and its problems delivering improvements in infrastructure.

  • South Asia
  • 05 October 2010
Sandstone, Sequoia, Madison take minority stake in Micromax

Subcontinent specialist Sandstone Capital and Silicon Valley VC icon Sequoia Capital, as well as media and communications-focused firm Madison India Capital, have taken a small position – collectively estimated at less than 10% - in Indian handset producer...

  • South Asia
  • 21 September 2010
Alinta's future hinges on private equity consortium deal

Australian power generation company Alinta Energy Group has been in talks with TPG Capital’s debt investment arm, TPG Opportunities Partners, to restructure the company, pending the outcome of an earlier proposal by the company for trade sales plus an...

  • Australasia
  • 14 September 2010
Potash a hot commodity

When Canadian fertilizers mining leader PotashCorp formally rejected Australia-headquartered resources major BHP Billiton’s $130-per-share, $39 billion takeover bid last week, expectations were triggered that multiple higher bids would emerge from some...

  • Australasia
  • 01 September 2010
Funding Asian infrastructure: The ancillary factors
Funding Asian infrastructure: The ancillary factors

With infrastructure funds still evolving in terms of their structure, and more and more shifting focus to Asia, participants in the sector are reporting a shift from the original dividend yield story as the focal point to much more of a capital appreciation...

  • Infrastructure
  • 25 August 2010
CIC to fund Liverpool FC bid?

Despite China Investment Corporation’s (CIC) proclamation that it won’t be involved in the purchase of top-tier English Premier League’s Liverpool Football Club – and that it has never even heard of Kenny Huang, the Hong Kong sports businessman CIC is...

  • Greater China
  • 06 August 2010
Limited Partner Q&A: International Finance Corporation

AVCJ’s Brian McLeod talks to David Wilton, CIO of the Private Equity and Investment Funds Department at the International Finance Corporation, the private finance arm of the World Bank

  • People
  • 28 July 2010
Tata Capital targets $1 billion in new PE capital

Tata Capital, the Tata Group’s financial services arm, has announced plans to raise approximately $1 billion from local and international sources next year for four sector-focused private equity funds.

  • Fundraising
  • 16 July 2010
Allied Medical talks complicate Healthscope situation

The $1.6 billion takeover bid for Australian private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope by a consortium of the Blackstone Group, the Carlyle Group, and TPG Capital, with a rival bid from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., has been complicated by...

  • Healthcare
  • 15 July 2010
CCB backs PRC's first aviation fund

In partnership with China Aviation Industry Corp., China Construction Bank (CCB) has formally established the country’s first ever aviation-focused industry fund, the AVIC Fund of China.

  • Funds
  • 09 July 2010
NZ Super fuels SMEs via Waterman

Private equity firm Waterman Capital, which is raising a new NZ$75 million ($53 million) fund to invest in Kiwi small businesses with a NAV of between NZ$10-50 million ($7-35 million), has been buoyed by New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s plans to inject...

  • Fundraising
  • 08 July 2010
CIC-AES JV out of wind

PRC SWF the China Investment Corporation (CIC) has jointly announced with $14 billion Virginia-headquartered global power giant AES Corp. that their non-binding letter of intent for CIC to take a 35% stake in AES Wind Generation expired at the end of...

  • Cleantech
  • 08 July 2010
Asia Pacific distress still pays off

Given the financial journal headlines and relentless LP interest reinforcing the notion that Asia is booming, one might well wonder what distress opportunities remain in the region.

  • Credit/Special Situations
  • 06 July 2010
Carlyle to take 13.6% stake in China Fishery

Singapore-listed China Fishery Group – which began operations as a North Pacific trawling business in 2001 – has announced it will issue new ordinary shares and warrants in a conditional private placement to the Carlyle Group, for a total consideration...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 July 2010
DE Shaw looks at Ambani JV

Private equity and hedge fund group DE Shaw is on the point of forming an equal JV with billionaire Indian business leader Mukesh Ambani, according to Indian reports.

  • South Asia
  • 02 July 2010
Cleantech Q&A: Capital Dynamics

David Scaysbrook, founder of Novera Energy, and now MD of the new Clean Energy and Infrastructure team at $21 billion asset management firm Capital Dynamics, talks about the group’s new direct investment focus on the cleantech space.

  • Cleantech
  • 29 June 2010
Primus Nan Shan bid gets extension

The consortium led by Primus Financial Holdings and China Strategic Holdings, which has already inked an agreement to acquire Taiwan's Nan Shan Life Insurance from American International Group (AIG), has now announced a sought-after accord with the seller...

  • Greater China
  • 22 June 2010
Liu made Beijing corporate head at DLA Piper

DLA Piper's Steven Liu has been appointed Head of Corporate Practice in Beijing, with responsibility for private equity and VC coverage, the firm has announced

  • Greater China
  • 15 June 2010
Indian government may limit Temasek, GIC ICICI holdings

The Indian finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India have lodged a query with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over a proposal that Temasek Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) should increase their...

  • Deals
  • 10 June 2010
Carlyle invests $140 million in Asia growth

The Carlyle Group has announced the closing of four growth capital investments spread across Asia Pacific, collectively valued at $140 million, and made from the Carlyle Asia Growth Capital Partners IV (CAGPIV) fund, which had its $1.04 billion final...

  • Expansion
  • 08 June 2010
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