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Avigo nears final close for Fund IIIThe Delhi-based firm has raised more than $200m for its third fund and is expected to see a final close on its $250m target by the end of April.
- Capital Today holds $183m first close
The China-focused fund manager is targeting commitments of between $300m and $350m for the final close of its second growth capital fund.
- CDH Fund IV heavily over-subscribed
The China-focused firm will soon close a $1.4bn fund, but sources say it could have raised double that amount.
- Helios targets $650m for Fund II
The Sub-Saharan Africa-focused fund has attracted commitments from CDC and IFC. It will invest around 50% of its capital in infrastructure-related projects.
- Development finance LPs back ILPA guidelines
CDC and Norfund are among a group of LPs that want to ensure ‘the next generation of emerging market private equity funds are raised on terms that reflect the principles’.
- Actis makes debut India investment
The emerging market investor has kicked off its India investing with a JV for a retail development in Bangalore.
- CDC invests $250m in three Indian RE funds
The UK government-backed fund of funds has invested in funds from IDFC, Actis and Kotak.
- CDC ventures into Sierra Leone
The British DFI has committed $5m to local manager Manocap.
- Asia’s rising stars
PEI Asia asked some of the region’s leading private equity LPs to name their pick of the Asia Pacific region’s “first-time” funds. The results are the eight names listed on pages 16 and 17. While some of the people may be familiar, having already made their mark elsewhere in Asian private equity, the firms they run now are probably not – yet. They have had the toughest of challenges thrown at them, in the form of the economic downturn, but the expectation is that these eight firms will go on to establish themselves firmly in the bedrock of the Asian private equity industry. Reporting by Jenny Blinch, Siddharth Poddar and Yvette Choo
- Warburg co-head sees emerging markets 'tipping point'
Brazil, India and China show increasing independence, but other emerging markets are still too reliant on factors like export markets, Chip Kaye said at The Emerging Markets Forum in London.