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Sharper Focus

Facing criticism it has become too “financially focused”, government-owned CDC group will be undergoing yet another round of consultation over its investment policy.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

JC Flowers, heavyweight LPs in $1.8bn Brazil bank deal

The FIG-focused firm has teamed with GIC, CIC, Ontario Teachers' and others to acquire roughly a 19% interest in Brazil’s BTG Pactual.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

ATP raises €1bn for Fund IV

The fund of funds group linked to Danish Pension system ATP plans to double emerging markets exposure as it boosts overall investment in 2011.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

A class of its own

Infrastructure investing in Asia is gradually emerging from the shadow of the private equity asset class, finds Siddharth Poddar.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

ADB commits $20m to clean water fund

The Asian Development Bank has pledged to support the Asia Water Fund,a water infrastructure private equity fund launched by Singaporean Konzen Group and Malaysian AmInvestment Bank in 2008.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

$300bn Norway sovereign wealth fund appoints former ADIA, ADIC chief

Mark Burton, the former real estate chief investment officer at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) has taken up an advisory role at the newly-established real estate advisory board at Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the capital of Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

China fund makes splash with $110m debut deal

Former Och-Ziff China head Frank Yu's nascent firm beat 20 bidders including TPG to take control of one of China's largest water treatment companies.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: TPG, KKR eye Morgan Stanley's CICC stake

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the proposed sale of Morgan Stanley's 34.3% holding in China International Capital Corporation.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Morgan Stanley latest to launch RMB fund

The financial services firm will establish its headquarters for Chinese private equity investment in the city of Hangzhou.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Emerging markets 2010

Money is flowing into the emerging markets. But don’t be fooled: these economies can take it, writes Toby Mitchenall.

4 min read · 05 January 2013

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