WestBridge has raised what it is calling India's first-ever Evergreen-style private equity fund with a life cycle of 20 years and extensive recycling provisions.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Franklin Templeton Darby Private Equity is the latest firm to establish a partnership with Shanghai to establish an RMB-denominated fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The China-focused venture firm will continue to make investments in the country's IT, cleantech and consumer services sectors, but will now also target healthcare for the first time.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Apollo's Sanjay Patel and Hamilton Lane's Juan Delgado Moreira (pictured) were among speakers who pointed to interesting investment opportunities amid global economic turmoil.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has garnered $97m for its second close following commitments from investors including founder Charles Johnson and fund of funds Asia Alternatives Management.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-listed fund manager Origo Partners, which is active in both China and Mongolia, is in the market to raise a $200m fund targeting China’s cleantech sector. PE Asia caught up with the firm’s chief executive officer Chris Rynning, to discuss the firm’s pipeline in both regions.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Helmed by former ChrysCapital executive Brahmal Vasudevan, Creador has set its sights on Indonesia's consumer sector.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Silver Lake, DST, Temasek and Yunfeng Capital have provided the capital for a 'liquidity programme', allowing employees in China's largest e-commerce company to cash out some shares.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Australian private equity funds returned 7.7% in the past year, versus the S&P/ASX 300's 3.8%, according to the latest data released from Cambridge and AVCAL.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Australasian firms will sell Independent Liquor to Japan's Asahi Group - another example of Japanese firms expanding via cross-border M&A.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
