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Singapore to review fund manager regulations

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has set up a dedicated department to supervise intermediaries in the fund management industry.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CDC records £207m profit in 2009

2009 saw the size of the emerging markets fund of funds investor’s portfolio increase by 7% to £2.5bn.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

IFC opens wallet to renewable energy PE funds

The development institution is about half-way through the $300m its Infrastructure Department was authorised to invest in such funds, but may allocate further capital later this year when an ambitious $3bn renewables investment target for the next three years target kicks in.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Standard Bank in top-level hiring spree

The bank has hired top-ranking execs from Warburg Pincus, Merrill Lynch Private Equity and ECP to lead PE activity in Africa, Brazil and Turkey.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Kingdom Zephyr co-CIO joins DPI

Sofiane Lahmar will reunite with former Kingdom CEO Runa Alam at Development Partners International as it deploys it debut fund.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

The 2008 Global Private Equity Awards

PEI Asia is proud to announce the Asian and ‘rest of world’ winners of the ninth annual PrivateEquityOnline.com and Private Equity International awards.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

The Asian A-list

PEI Asia presents the 2009 Asian winners in the tenth annual Private Equity International Awards.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

SJ Berwin infra, real estate attorney jumps ship

Laura O’Neill will continue to focus on corporate real estate, infrastructure and the emerging markets of Africa and India at competitor Greenberg Traurig.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis invests $100m in Nigerian mall

The emerging markets specialist is taking a majority stake in a project in Ikeja, Lagos, with debt funding coming from local players Stanbic IBTC Bank and Standard Bank of South Africa.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Patient – for now

With $5.64bn in commitments, Global Infrastructure Partners is the largest independent first-time infrastructure fund ever organised. Three years after the firm’s launch, the bulk of the fund is yet to be invested, and with markets still in disarray, new investments are difficult to close. But Adebayo Ogunlesi, the man in charge, isn’t in a hurry. Chris Josselyn and Philip Borel find out why.

9 min read · 05 January 2013

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