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KV Asia makes $100m first closeThe private equity firm is raising a $250m fund focused on Southeast Asia, having decreased its target size from $500m.
- Corsair eyes finish line for fundraise
The financial services-specialist has collected more than $900m but will need an additional fundraising extension from LPs to get to its $1.5bn target.
- CDC joins Carlyle Africa deal
The $65m finance facility will be CDC’s first investment since its strategy change in September 2012.
- Carlyle inks first deal for Africa fund
The firm has partnered with Standard Chartered and the South Africa-based Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire a minority stake in agricultural company Export Trading Group for $210m.
- CDC hires India director from Actis
Srinivasan Nagarajan will join the UK-based development finance institution in 2013. The news comes shortly after the departure of Asia head Anubha Shrivastava.
- Temasek hires UBS CFO as European president
John Cryan, the former chief financial officer of Swiss investment bank UBS, has become the latest banking figure to join Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek.
- Bridging the gap
New entrants to the African debt financing market could help bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots
- "It's where the world of investment is going”
Making good, consistent returns in emerging markets is still hugely challenging. But with developed markets stagnating, these fast-growing economies are becoming increasingly difficult for private equity investors to ignore.
- StanChart hires PE head for Africa
The bank’s private equity group has hired former partner at McKinsey & Company Peter Baird to head up StanChart’s Africa business, which has so far invested $300m in the continent.
- Business Growth Fund bolsters Scottish team
UK state-backed investment vehicle the Business Growth Fund continues to grow its fledgling investment team, bolstering its ranks in Edinburgh with the addition of former Dunedin Capital Partners executive Duncan Macrae.