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Non-profit VC firm hires Navis director for India operations
Sachindra Rudra, former director of India operations at Navis Capital, has joined Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture firm addressing poverty across Africa and South Asia, as the new country director.
Global Environment hires Sridhar Narayan for India team
Global Environment Fund (GEF), a private equity firm that targets energy, resources and environment-related assets, has appointed Sridhar Narayan as a principal within its India team.
YES Bank's Ghosh to join Motilal Oswal PE as co-CEO - report
Somak Ghosh, Group President of Developing Banking at YES Bank, has reportedly left the company to join Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors, the private investment arm of Motilal Oswal Securities, as co-chief executive.
Q&A: Globis Capital Partners' Shinichi Takamiya
Shinichi Takamiya, a partner at Japanese VC firm Globis Capital Partners, discusses the prospects for domestic start-ups and how venture investment in Japan stacks up against global counterparts
Leopard Capital appoints Cambodia CIO
Leopard Capital has hired Richard Intrator to be its new Cambodia managing partner and chief investment officer. He will be based in Phnom Penh.
Indiareit's CEO quits to set up own fund - report
Ramesh Jogani, CEO and managing director of Indiareit Fund Advisors, an Indian real estate fund operated by Piramal Healthcare, is reportedly leaving the company to start his own fund.
VIDEO: Lunar Capital's Derek Sulger
The private equity landscape in China is broadening and this will see a wider variety of deals, including more control transactions, says Derek Sulger, managing partner at Lunar Capital
Russia's VTB Capital appoints Indonesia head
VTB Capital, the investment advisory arm of Russian financial services major VTB Group, has appointed Roger Suyama as head of Indonesia operations. This is part of the firm’s wider strategy to strengthen its presence in Asia Pacific and it comes as a...
China portfolio management: Accounting on the wild side
As private equity firms pay more attention to financial management and value-add in Chinese portfolio companies, recruiting a CFO with the right blend of skills and experience is vital – but difficult
StepStone adds two managing directors to Asia team
StepStone has appointed Mu-shin Kim and Andy Tsai as managing directors to its Asia team. While Kim will cover investments and business development in Korea and Japan, Tsai will focus on Taiwan and broader Asia. Both will be based in the firm’s Beijing...
Hogan Lovells boosts Singapore banking practice
Hogan Lovells has hired Alexander McMyn as a banking partner in Singapore, as part of the law firm’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its finance capabilities in Southeast Asia. McMyn previously worked at Linklaters in Singapore, having relocated from the...
China growth deals: Of entrepreneurs and egos
The battle between NVC Lighting’s founder and SAIF Partners shows how bad things can get when entrepreneur and investor interests are not aligned. Hostility ultimately helps no one
Profile: Unitas Capital's Jim Tsao
After years spent trouble-shooting as a grain trader, brewery exec and food company CEO, Jim Tsao became a partner at what is now Unitas Capital. He first discovered what PE was when headhunted for the role
Anubha Shrivastava leaves CDC
Anubha Shrivastava has left CDC, the UK government's development finance arm, where she served as managing director with responsibility for Asia investments.
Walkers hires Thomas Granger to Singapore team
Offshore law firm Walkers is relocating Hong Kong-based partner Thomas Granger to its Singapore office. Granger has more than 10 years’ experience in corporate work, particularly investment funds and private equity.
Mercury Capital poaches Crescent investment director
Australian mid-market private equity firm Mercury Capital has reportedly hired Christopher Criddle, partner and investment director at rival firm Crescent Capital Partners.
VIDEO: Shearman & Sterling's Lorna Chen
Foreign-backed renminbi funds are likely to struggle to raise capital in China after the regulator decreed that such vehicles don’t qualify for local treatment for investment purposes, says Lorna Chen, a partner at Shearman & Sterling
Mercer boosts Asia wealth management team
Mercer has appointed Edmund Teo to lead its wealth management team in Asia, providing research, advisory and portfolio management services to banks, insurers and other financial services organizations in the region. Pierre DeGagne also joins as a principal...
Adveq establishes third Asia office
Adveq has opened an office in Hong Kong, its third in the region. The move comes after the asset manager announced plans in January to increase its investment in China to RMB3.5 billion ($554 million) over the next two years.
Oz law firm appoints PE expert
Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has hired private equity lawyer Philip Kapp to be a senior partner. Kapp claims to have been involved in almost every major Australian PE deal since 2000.
Dechert nabs PE lawyer David Cho from Orrick
A lawyer specializing in private equity and M&A has been poached from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe by rival law firm Dechert. Formerly a partner at Orrick, David K Cho will now be a partner in Dechert’s Corporate and Securities practice at its Hong...
KKR hires Akhil Puri for India Capstone team
KKR has hired Akhil Puri from TPG Capital as a director for its Capstone unit. He will lead the private equity firm’s engagement with its portfolio companies in India. Capstone’s current assignments in the country include Dalmia Cement and supporting...
Bedell Cristin to offer BVI legal services from Singapore
International law firm Bedell Cristin has opened an office in Singapore from which it will provide British Virgin Islands (BVI) legal services to clients throughout Asia. Stephen Adams, who joined Bedell from BVI law firm Barker Adams at the beginning...
VIDEO: Archer Capital's Greg Minton
Australian fund managers need to go offshore to raise capital – but only if they are targeting large funds, says Greg Minton, managing director at Archer Capital. “In fund IV we got about A$740 million from the domestic market and about the same again...