HighView Investment Group, led by former BlackRock co-founder Ralph Schlosstein, has garnered $600m in commitments to target minority interests in independent alternative asset managers.
The technology-focused affiliate of venture firm Accel Partners and mega-buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has closed its third fund with commitments from all existing limited partners.
The Central European private equity firm has also hired former Global Finance director Valeri Petrov to lead its charge into Southeastern Europe.
Amid tough fundraising conditions for first-time funds, the CVC and Permira spin-out fell shy of its £250m target but rounded up commitments from big fund of funds players including Pantheon and OXIP.
Two former JPMorgan bankers have set up Ancora Capital Management, an Indonesia-focused private equity firm, to invest in the country’s natural resources and infrastructure sectors.
The mega-buyout firm has also closed its distressed financial services fund with roughly $6bn in commitments, and rounded up roughly $4bn for the final close of its Asian fund.
SVG Asia’s first fund of funds has already made commitments to managers including CVC, Navis, Affinity and Actis. Its investment activities will be headed by former Hermes Private Equity executive Khim Tan.
The US firm is targeting $100m for its first Asian fund. Unlike other fund managers with grand expansion plans for Asia, Riverside is staying away from India and China.
Several months after a merger with ABN AMRO Asset Management, the Paris-based asset manager has set out to raise an ‘infrastructure-style fund’ making project-level investments in wind, hydro, solar and biomass.
Australia’s RedFire Investments will back domestic startups with the opportunity to commercialise their businesses by tapping into Asia's growth.