Private Equity
JPMorgan is reportedly looking to increase to $1bn its Indian private equity investments. Last month, PEO reported the firm held a $500m first close on an Asian infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Palo Alto venture firm has made its sixth investment in India by teaming with Reliance to back e-transaction company Suvidhaa.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Xiao Wei joins Anoop Seth as co-head of AMP's Asian infrastructure team, which is currently raising a $750m 'Asian Giants' infrastructure fund that agreed its first deal last month.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Palo Alto, California-based Norwest Venture Partners has hired long-time technology executive Dror Nahumi to support the firm as it moves to deploy increased capital in Israeli technology.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $80.1bn Washington State Investment Board has approved $1.7bn in commitments including roughly $600m to private equity and $250m to co-investments outside the pension’s core asset classes.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Highland Capital Partners has hired technology specialists and former Intel Capital senior executives John Hsin and Kuantai Yeh, just five months after Intel launched its second China fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global buyout firm is to acquire a 26.7 percent stake in Shriram City Union Finance, its second investment in the Shriram Group in two years. The investment will be made from its recently closed $4bn Asian fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Sean Tong, formerly a managing director at General Atlantic, has quit the firm to join Providence Equity Partners' Hong Kong office.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Invesco WL Ross has partnered with China’s largest power producer, state-owned Huaneng Group, to invest in power generation assets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
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.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
