Despite often being required to use independent fund administrators, fund managers have to comb through the results to ensure reports from service providers are accurate.
3 min read · 07 November 2013
Richard Woodling has joined the Hong Kong-based PE firm to develop water sector investments months after the firm acquired India’s Luminous Water Technologies.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
Investors committed almost $1bn less to China’s venture capital firms during the first nine months of 2013, while transaction value and exits also declined.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
Expanding well-run Australian companies into emerging Asia is something that attracts corporate acquirers, but it's a challenging task, says Tim Martin, partner at Crescent Capital Partners.
3 min read · 07 November 2013
The microfinance-focused private equity firm has sold its remaining holding in TenGer Financial Group’s Xac Bank, shortly after launching its second vehicle targeting $200m.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The global private equity firm has offered a $90m convertible loan to Apollo Hospitals to address company debt and build more hospitals.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The emerging markets firm intends to tap US and Asian LPs for the first time for its second private equity vehicle focused on microfinance investments.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
Two fast fundraising efforts this month – MBK Partners and Anchor Equity Partners – have underscored the idea that track record of fund or team will attract capital in a weak market.
3 min read · 07 November 2013
PE firms globally are more confident about the availability of leverage, with the exception of Indian GPs who find it ‘very difficult’ to obtain, according to a Grant Thornton report.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman was in Singapore this week to open the firm's 24th office globally, which will support and grow its activities in Southeast Asia.
2 min read · 23 October 2013