Asian Development Bank
ASEAN: The integration effect
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is gradually bringing the region’s economies closer together. Private equity investors stand to benefit but not all businesses are suited to cross-border expansion
Southeast Asia's renewables: Ignored no more?
Aggressive government targets have drawn private equity and venture capital firms into Southeast Asia’s renewable energy. But success and sustainability depend on more than just government subsidies.
Indian microfinance: Back from the brink
The dust is finally starting to settle on the suicide scandals that rocked Indian microfinance in late 2010. Is the industry still an attractive proposition for private equity?
Singapore's Asian Agri Capital to raise $100m for palm oil investment
Asian Agri Capital, a Singapore-based early-stage plantation investor, is looking to raise $100 million to invest in palm oil and other tropical commodities in Southeast Asia and Latin America, Bloomberg reported.
ADB to invest India renewable energy JV
The Asian Development Bank has announced a JV agreement with India's NTPC Ltd. and Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Company to develop and operate 500MW of renewable power projects in India, and to invest up to $40 million for 25% of the operating company....
ADB to invest $20 million in AmInvestment's Asia Water Fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it will be committing $20 million to the Asia Water Fund, a vehicle backed by AmInvestment Group of Malaysia targeting investments into water and wastewater assets in mainland China and Southeast Asia....
Building a better Asia – public, private, partnerships and profits
The growing discrepancy between Asia’s phenomenal productivity growth and its slow progress in the roll-out of critical infrastructure threatens the region’s potential growth.
Bridging Asia's infrastructure bottleneck
Traditionally the Asian infrastructure mantra has been, ‘if you let them build it, they will come,’ the ‘they’ being international investors (largely OECD manufacturers) looking to establish industrial capacity across the region, primarily to capitalize...
ADB plans cleantech fund
The Asian Development Bank reportedly plans to raise at least $100 million in a private equity fund for investing in developers of advanced clean energy technologies in Asia Pacific.
Axis spinout may set trend in India
Axis Private Equity, led by MD and CEO Alok Gupta, has confirmed earlier Indian media reports that it is planning to spin out of backer and parent Axis Bank, by buying out its stake in the business.