Analysis
The cleantech sector: renewable?
Since the COP15 debacle in Denmark nearly a year ago, it has been more or less all downhill for the clean/green sector that as recently as 2008 looked to be on the threshold of political and market breakthroughs – notably in carbon pricing – that most...
Indian private equity's characteristics
Even though the Indian economy is booming as never before, the private equity market is facing several barriers to entry.
India private equity: taking up the challenge
With the immediate GFC fast receding, India continues to enjoy on-target GDP growth of around 8.5%, according to the Ministry of Finance.
India emergent
Whether you follow US President Barack Obama’s line that India has already emerged or not, there is no doubt that Asia’s other great continental economy is now being viewed internationally as one of the key pivots in the great transfer of macroeconomic...
Legalese in India
There is no question that India's macroeconomic indicators make it a compelling market.
LPs back on course
While private equity funding sources continue to diversify, traditional limited partners remain the sine qua non of how the asset class survives and thrives.
Picking the winners
“Active management works,” was the resounding message of the keynote address given by Steven Barnes, MD of Bain Capital at the AVCJ Forum.
Hopu reaches its end
Following earlier reports last month (soon denied) that Hopu Investment Management was to break up without seeking to raise a second fund, the $2.5 billion China-linked private equity and multi-strategy investment firm now indeed appears to be heading...
LPs see their money bloom?
As a momentous year for private equity draws to a close against a background of secular macroeconomic shifts in the global balance of power and lasting regulatory change for the industry, one group’s reactions to the GFC aftermath and expectations for...
Fund administration: the silver lining post GFC
It's interesting to note how far – and how deeply – GFC shockwaves reached into private equity practice, even at the shop-floor level, in fund management and administration.
Debt and restructuring offer new definitions of an old favorite
Media-transmission satellites, anhydrous industrial alcohol, thenardite mineral rock, Australian pubs and Vietnamese casinos are all among the reasons why industry insiders insist that there is very little to be worried about for Asia Pacific distressed...
The changing face of venture
With the US back on the radar as the market of choice for the best and brightest in TMT, where do Asian companies fit into the picture, and how are VC funds finding them early enough to make a profit?
India's all-inclusive infrastructure rollout
Huge infrastructure development schemes have been underway across most of Asia’s developing economies for some years now, especially in India and China.
Returns, the second time around
With the global private equity debate still dominated by the $400 billion+ overhang of capital seeking a home, some 10% of it in Asia Pacific, expectations have been building of a new spate of secondary buyout deals that would put more of this capital...
China winning out?
Mass media have imprinted characteristic images of China on the public’s awareness: a populous country experiencing high-velocity economic growth representing the positive aspects of the nation; but juxtaposed alongside this, the negative impressions...
Asian funds: arithmetic or geometry?
Private equity has been forced to deal with rising levels of skepticism and caution post the GFC, with much of it reserved for leading industry brand names – generally the major buyout vehicles.
Microfinance in India: helping or hurting?
The landscape for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India has shifted in light of new legislation in the leading microlending region of Andhra Pradesh, intended to curb over-aggressive debt collecting tactics.
The business of venture
Corporate venture capital has had an uneven reputation alongside traditional firms.
Australian private equity: Behind the numbers
Judging by current data, one might think that Australian private equity has seen the best of times become the not-quite-so-good times.
Placement agents in a new place?
Placement, usually a discreet and unsung link in the private equity value chain, has been thrust reluctantly into the limelight recently, following legal action in the US against a series of self-styled placement professionals, and increased tension along...
Inside India's infra riddle
The Athletes' Village furor that erupted in Delhi on the eve of the Commonwealth Games has shone a strong spotlight on the reality of India’s landscape, and its problems delivering improvements in infrastructure.
Speed bumps ahead for Asian private equity returns
Asia Pacific has had a very good GFC – almost too good.
CalPERS PE data highlights MOR Asia
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has customarily acted as a bellwether for, and key influencer of, institutional support for private equity.
Russian roulette for PRC investing
The most populous country in the world, China, has been made out to be something of a promised land for private equity.