Nominations open for the 2012 AVCJ Awards
Will it be Hony Capital Fund V, which closed at $2.4 billion in January 2012, becoming China’s largest US dollar-denominated vehicle in four years? The Chinese GP spent barely four months in the market, exceeding its previous vehicle by more than $1 billion. It represents an ambitious bet on opportunities expected to arise from outbound M&A and state-owned enterprise restructuring, but investors clearly have faith.
Will it be ChrysCapital VI, the India growth capital-focused GP's $510 million vehicle? The fund took less than six months to raise and is something of an anomaly in emerging Asia: it is little more than...
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