Private Equity
The firm has raised $50m from LPs, a large step down from its $430m predecessor vehicle, as it refocuses on the local market.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
InvAscent targets healthcare deals in India, and has former doctors as operating partners. Hari Buggana, managing director, says the sector is way underserved.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The firm has sealed its first European investment in nearly 18 months, investing €77m in German transmission testing business GIF.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The US- and China-based firm focuses on minority investments in Chinese companies.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The secondaries firm intends to acquire 100% of China Hydroelectric Corporation, already owning almost half the business.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The first eight months of the year show a drop in IPO value in Asia and the US, compared to a 200% rise in Europe.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
European GPs are on course to collect more than twice as much capital as last year, according to PEI data. Acanthus' managing partner Armando D’Amico tells PEI what’s topping LPs’ priority lists.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The Canadian pension system has topped the LP50 – PEI's exclusive new ranking of the world's most prolific private equity fund investors – after committing almost $4bn in a single 12-month period.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The cross-border private equity firm has sold pharmaceutical manufacturing company IMA after helping establish its presence in the Chinese market.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Former executives from Goldman Sachs, Temasek and The Blackstone Group will launch a Taiwan fund just as the island shows signs of opening to PE.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
