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Manish Chokani to head TPG Growth India
Manish Chokhani has been appointed chairman of TPG Growth India.
Carlyle opens Jakarta office
The Carlyle Group has opened has expanded its Asia presence to Indonesia, opening an office in Jakarta, its ninth in the region.
Partners Group opens Mumbai office
Partners Group has opened its first India office in Mumbai, taking its total number of locations in Asia to six and 17 globally.
Japan's AIC appoints Yasufumi Hirao as CEO
Japanese fund-of-funds Alternative investment Capital (AIC) has appointed Yasufumi Hirao as its new president and CEO.
Profile: Khosla Ventures' Andrew Chung
Andrew Chung, a partner of Khosla Ventures, passed up a chance at becoming a Hong Kong pop star for a career in VC investing. Now he is helping start-ups commercialize new energy technologies in Asia
KKR boosts Capstone's China capabilities
KKR has appointed Matthew Chang as a managing director in its Capstone unit. He will lead the PE firm’s engagement with its portfolio companies in China.
VIDEO: Sebastiaan van den Berg of HarbourVest Partners
Australia is a consistent source of buyout deals for pan-Asian funds but its share of the regional total is falling in percentage terms as GPs source larger ticket deals in other markets, according to Sebastiaan van den Berg, managing director at HarbourVest...
TRG’s Kaji moves to consultancy Accordion
Suneel Kaji has left The Rohatyn Group (TRG), where he was involved in private equity and special situations credit investments in US and the Pacific Rim, to become a managing director at Accordion, a US-headquartered consultancy.
FLAG hires Myron Zhu as co-head of Asia
FLAG Capital has appointed Myron Zhu, previously head of J.P. Morgan’s alternative investments division in the region, as partner and co-head of Asia.
Blackstone's Asia head Michael Chae to return to New York
Michael Chae, head of international private equity at The Blackstone Group, will move back to New York after a four-year stint in Hong Kong.
BlackRock names new Asia head
BlackRock has appointed Ryan Stork as head of Asia Pacific operations, replacing Mark McCombe who will relocate to the US to become the company’s global head of institutional client business and chairman of the alternative investment division.
LP interview: Oregon State Treasury
Andy Hayes, PE investment officer at the Oregon State Treasury (OST), has been managing his fund’s Asian investments for nearly six years. The role is as much about networks as it is know-how
Profile: Intel Capital's Richard Hsu
Richard Hsu, managing director at Intel Capital, has spent 14 years as a VC investor, mostly in China. For all the change he has witnessed in entrepreneurs and ideas, some market features remain steadfastly the same
Japan's J-Star appoints new operating principal
Japanese mid-market buyout firm J-Star has appointed former biotech professional Yuki Kashiyama as its operating principal.
Fund administrator Augentius hires Asia head
Augentius has appointed Alex Traub as managing director of its Singapore office from where he will manage the fund administrator’s existing client relationships in Asia and take the lead in business development.
Eaton Partners hires Jackson Chan for Asia distribution
Placement agent Eaton Partners has hired Jackson Chan, previously head of business development for Hamilton Lane in Asia. He will work on distribution of liquid and illiquid alternative assets offerings throughout the region and also assist in origination.
Standard Chartered infra head Andrew Yee to leave Asia
Andrew Yee, global head of infrastructure for Standard Chartered Bank's principal finance division, is leaving the firm. The decision is said to be mutual and amicable, with Yee set to depart in July after which he will relocate to Europe with his family.
Former Baidu COO David Zhu joins GGV Capital
David Zhu, former chief operating officer of Chinese internet giant Baidu, has joined GGV Capital as a partner.
Female representation in Asian PE drops in 2013, still leads other markets
Asia-based private equity firms still have a higher proportion of women in high-level roles than their North American and European counterparts, although the average representation is down on the previous year, according to a study.
Q&A: Creador's Brahmal Vasudevan
Creador is in the process of raising its second fund, which has a target of $250 million, to be deployed in Indonesia, Malaysia and India. CEO Brahmal Vasudevan explains where the firm is investing and why
Korean sovereign fund KIC appoints new CIO
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has appointed Heung-Sik Choo, formerly director general at Bank of Korea’s reserve management group, as its new CIO. He replaces Dong-Ik Lee, who resigned in January.
David Lin leaves CITIC’s Goldstone for Primavera Capital
David Lin has left his post as managing director at CITIC Goldstone Investment - the direct investment arm of China’s CITIC Securities - to join Primavera Capital as managing director at its Beijing office.
KKR expands energy & infrastructure team into Asia
KKR has further bolstered its energy and infrastructure presence in Asia, appointing Tony Schultz as managing director in Sydney and relocating Ash Upadhyaya -a director with KKR's energy and infrastructure team in the US - to Singapore.
Alvarez & Marsal promotes Utamsingh to India co-head
Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has named Vikram Utamsingh, managing director responsible for its India transactions advisory group, as country co-head.