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Siddharth Poddar

GEF invests $30m in UPC Renewables China

The investment in the independent renewable energy producer will be dedicated to the development of wind power in China.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

ADB in $100m cleantech initiative

Manila-based Asian Development Bank is to set up multiple cleantech-focused venture capital funds for Asia.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Squadron makes appointment

Squadron Capital, which is currently raising capital for its second fund of funds, has hired Shi Xiaoni as an associate.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Real estate dominates alternative allocations

Real estate remains the most popular alternative asset class among pension funds despite a 4% fall in assets under management in 2008, according to a Watson Wyatt survey. Allocations to private equity and infrastructure rose by 4% each.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Healthscope receives two new bids

KKR and CVC have reportedly submitted a joint A$1.84bn bid for the Australian hospital operator, which has already received another takeover bid from a separate private equity consortium.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: Carlyle in A$350m aviation buy

The Carlyle Group is reportedly buying Australia’s Contract Aviation which was to set to go for an initial public offering of shares in March.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

CIMB Standard acquires Babcock & Brown interest in Asia infra fund

The Malaysia- and Singapore-based private equity firm has acquired Babcock & Brown’s interest in the latter’s Asia Infrastructure Fund, marking the firm’s first investment in Thailand.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

BlackBerry launches $100m China fund

The BlackBerry Partners Fund has teamed up with China Broadband Capital Partners to manage a $100m fund.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

ChrysCapital cuts fund size by $300m

The India-focused fund manager will not be drawing down the entire $1.25bn it raised in 2007 as the number and quality of ‘good investment stories will get limited’.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: TPG in $1.25bn Ping An stake sale

TPG has reportedly sold a little over half of its 4% stake in China’s Ping An Insurance, which it last week swapped for its stake in Shenzhen Development Bank.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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