Southeast Asia
Temasek may invest GMR
Singaporean SWF Temasek Holdings may invest up to $150 million into the power unit of Bangalore-based conglomerate GMR Infrastructure, which has reportedly also been in talks with the Carlyle Group and IDFC Private Equity.
Prudential Vietnam hires head of property fund
Former Executive Director of premier property developer Guocoland Malaysia Bhd, Seth Lim, has joined Prudential Vietnam Fund Management Company as Director, responsible for managing the PRUPIM Vietnam Property Fund.
Asian SWFs get real
Asia’s LPs and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are becoming increasingly significant investors in global real estate, for a variety of reasons – not least the prospect of all-time bargains in the post-crisis markets.
CHAMP Ventures invests TSMarine
In the latest in a series of Southeast Asian oil and gas offshore servicing deals, CHAMP Ventures, the specialist mid-market arm of Australia’s CHAMP group, has acquired the Asia Pacific businesses of financially distressed Scottish parent TSMarine (Contracting)...
Aureos new mid-cap fund Southeast Asia's largest?
Touting itself as the largest fund of its type in the ASEAN region, Aureos Capital is launching a new $250 million fund, ASEAF II.
MEACP plans clean shariah fund tranche
Singapore- and Indonesia-based investment firm Middle East & Asia Capital Partners Pte. Ltd. (MEACP), founded by former EMP Bahrain head Mumtaz Khan, is reportedly aiming to add a shariah-compliant component to its Middle East & Asia Capital Partners...