Infrastructure

India or bust?

The 10th Annual AVCJ India Forum echoed what many in the industry have long been saying: private equity in India is truly a world unto itself.

Cordiant to manage new Infrastructure Crisis Debt Pool

Montreal-based emerging markets specialist Cordiant Capital Inc, has been selected from a competitive pool of financial institutions worldwide to manage the new Infrastructure Crisis Facility Debt Pool created at the World Bank Group AGM in October.

Berkeley raises $74.3 million for renewables

Specialist energy Berkeley Energy has had a first close of their Renewable Energy Asia Fund at €50.7 million ($74.3 million), which plans to invest in renewable energy projects in India and other markets across developing Asia.

Temasek's Mapletree forms logistics fund with Itochu

Mapletree Investments, the real estate arm of Singapore government SWF Temasek Holdings, will form a ￥50 billion ($562 million) joint fund with Japanese conglomerate Itochu Corp, to build five to ten large logistics centers in Japan by 2014.