Articles by Brian McLeod
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.
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...
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.
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...
Nature Elements targets $400m for PRC cleantech
In yet another sign-of-the-times development, Nature Elements Capital, a Chinese investment firm founded by KK Chan, has announced that it will raise up to $400 million in a new China clean energy private equity fund.
Yes Bank and GEF to co-pilot new cleantech fund
Copenhagen discord aside, investors are said to be flocking to top up a new $200 million clean/green technology fund to be jointed administered by Indian private bank Yes Bank and noted US-based private equity player Global Environment Fund (GEF), recently...
Private equity now in Oz rugby scrum
The resolution of the hotly-contested licensing of the new fifth Australian Super 15 rugby club known as the Australian Rugby Union (ARU), owned by the Melbourne Rebels consortium, has kicked off speculation that private equity will be a new player to...
Private equity activity freeze thaws in Asia
AVCJ focuses on LP views of the region’s attractions looking ahead into 2010
LP terms of endearment
LP views differ re the value of private equity to their portfolios; but all agree they want – and expect to get – better terms in their relationships with GPs going forward.