Baring PE India to complete fully deploy Fund III by mid-2013
Baring Private Equity Partners India plans to complete its current investment cycle by mid-2013. The PE firm has raised more than $770 million across three funds and the most recent vehicle - which closed in 2008 at $560 million - is the only one not fully invested.
"Baring has one third of the total fund remaining to be invested," Varun Batra, a partner of Baring Private Equity Partners India, told The Hindustan Times. "The fund is examining opportunities across...
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