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Lazard Carnegie Wylie fund takes distressed hotel

The A$100 million ($91 million) Lazard Carnegie Wylie Private Equity Distressed Fund, which targets distressed Australian hospitality and pub assets, has bought the Steyne Hotel on Sydney's Manly Beach, reportedly for A$27 million ($24 million).

  • Australasia
  • 07 May 2010
China/Asia clean energy investing: the control conundrum
China/Asia clean energy investing: the control conundrum

The energy growth paradigm, worldwide, appears to be undergoing a vigorous shakeup, driven largely, though not entirely, by the new green imperative.

  • Greater China
  • 04 May 2010
The framework for green investing
The framework for green investing

While agreement on global emissions targets may be in abeyance, national policies and regulatory changes are spurring the development of renewable energy projects across Asia – and particularly in China – say international legal teams.

  • Cleantech
  • 27 April 2010
AIF announces Famy India contraceptive deal

AIF Capital has announced that AIF Capital Asia III LP and its affiliates have invested $40 million into Famy Care Ltd., a Mumbai-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer.

  • South Asia
  • 21 April 2010
Dissecting the Asian infrastructure opportunity
Dissecting the Asian infrastructure opportunity

If Asian infrastructure is one of the major upcoming global investment themes, China is its kingpin.

  • South Asia
  • 20 April 2010
Building a better Asia – public, private, partnerships and profits
Building a better Asia – public, private, partnerships and profits

The growing discrepancy between Asia’s phenomenal productivity growth and its slow progress in the roll-out of critical infrastructure threatens the region’s potential growth.

  • South Asia
  • 14 April 2010
First Eastern partners with Monitise

First Eastern Mobile Investments, part of the First Eastern Investment Group, has announced a 50/50 joint venture with Monitise Plc, claimed to be the world's leading provider of mobile money networks and technology, with a view to developing mobile banking,...

  • Financials
  • 08 April 2010
First low carbon fund launched in China

The ZheShang Nuohai Low Carbon Fund, which claims to be China’s first dedicated private equity vehicle focused exclusively on the energy conservation, environmental protection and new energy sectors, was formally established at the end of March.

  • Greater China
  • 08 April 2010
Bridging Asia's infrastructure bottleneck
Bridging Asia's infrastructure bottleneck

Traditionally the Asian infrastructure mantra has been, ‘if you let them build it, they will come,’ the ‘they’ being international investors (largely OECD manufacturers) looking to establish industrial capacity across the region, primarily to capitalize...

  • Infrastructure
  • 30 March 2010
Lend Lease takes an $8 million stake in Daintree Networks

Australian leading dedicated cleantech investor Lend Lease further diversified its portfolio by making an $8 million investment in California-based wireless lighting control services provider Daintree Networks.

  • Australasia
  • 30 March 2010
UBS mulls RMB fund

Although there has not as yet been formal confirmation, reports suggest that Swiss banking giant UBS is now in talks with the Beijing municipal government regarding setting up a renminbi-denominated private equity fund.

  • Renminbi fund
  • 23 March 2010
IFC to make first solar investment

World Bank investment unit the International Finance Corporation has confirmed that it will inject $10 million into India’s Azure Power, a solar energy service provider, to expedite that company’s nascent power projects in states such as Punjab, Haryand...

  • South Asia
  • 23 March 2010
Green investing: The other side of the summit
Green investing: The other side of the summit

COP15 may not yet have forged a future-proof global greenhouse gas reduction regime; but some still see it as an important step forward – and promising opportunities are budding in the green sector, especially in Asia.

  • Venture
  • 16 March 2010
Mining and metals: All that glitters
Mining and metals: All that glitters

All that glitters may not be gold; but most metals are enjoying robust price growth, with rosy prospects for the longer term, say senior market observers.

  • Industrials
  • 10 March 2010
Australian market prospects: Clear roads ahead?
Australian market prospects: Clear roads ahead?

The convergence of a robust economy, a shortage of credit and the perceived retreat in public equity markets look likely to generate M&A and private equity deals; but for different reasons.

  • Australasia
  • 03 March 2010
Australia's varied markets
Australia's varied markets

A kaleidoscope of factors make a market, and a country’s economy is much more than a simple stage on which activity plays out.

  • Australasia
  • 23 February 2010
Indian biomass project attracts IFC support

The World Bank’s investment arm, International Finance Corp. (IFC) has announced it will nearly double its investment in an Indian 18MW biomass alternative energy project being developed by Auro Mira Bio Systems Kanyakumari Pvt Ltd, part of the AME group....

  • South Asia
  • 23 February 2010
Helion, Bessemer bet on NetAmbit

India-focused venture fund Helion Venture Partners has announced it will inject INR400 million ($8.6 million) into financial products distributor NetAmbit, a market leader in the space on the sub-continent.

  • Early-stage
  • 11 February 2010
SPRING SEEDS-backed biofuel plant opens in Singapore

The opening of the Singapore Emulsion Fuel Pte Ltd marks a new era in the city state’s long-term history as a major regional fuel refiner. Backed by SPRING SEEDS Capital, under the aegis of the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Building & Construction...

  • Cleantech
  • 09 February 2010
India's Ascent beats odds, raises $350 million

Ascent Capital Advisors India Pvt. Ltd. has announced the close of its Ascent India Fund III, garnering $350 million in commitments, amid rumors that the fund was in fact oversubscribed.

  • South Asia
  • 05 February 2010
TPG buys into Indian green energy with Greenko

TPG Capital has made its first investment in the country’s clean energy sector, with a c. $35 million buy-in into prominent Indian biomass power generator Greenko, as part of a placement of 51.4 million new shares and a $116 million capital raising from...

  • South Asia
  • 29 January 2010
BTS targets new $150 million Indian clean energy fund

BTS Investment Advisors, a private equity fund jointly headquartered in Zurich and Mumbai, will raise a new $150 million fund focused on the clean energy space.

  • South Asia
  • 29 January 2010
CHAMP's Study Group International mulls IPO

CHAMP Private Equity-owned Australian education services provider Study Group International is reportedly exploring a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in June, and has appointed Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse as joint lead managers.

  • Australasia
  • 28 January 2010
IFC to support Indian hydro with AD Hydro Power

The World Bank’s private investment arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced it will extend $15 million of equity and $67 million of debt to AD Hydro Power Ltd., a 192-MW project in Himachal Pradesh under joint development by Bhilwara...

  • South Asia
  • 28 January 2010
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