The energy-focussed private equity firm has nearly doubled the size of its previous fund in a three month period that involved ‘very little proactive marketing’.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Veronica John, president of IDFC Global Alternatives in Singapore and a long-standing investor in emerging and frontier markets, offers her take on the opportunities that exist for the private equity industry in Pakistan today.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
NEA expands in India * Norwest Ventures hires Motorola man * Partners Group opens in Australia * Liang joins Peacock Equity Fund * Squadron adds three * Wallace back to banking * Ex-Coca Cola man to lead $1bn India infrastructure effort * Mobius considers Iraq investments * Blackstone appoints adviser in Turkey * CDC posts record results as CEO urges caution
6 min read · 12 January 2013
DIC looks to the east * Darby invests in Coffee Day * Propel books 2.5x cash from exit * HSBC to acquire apparel maker * Goldman, Whitesun team up again * Henderson backs agrochemical company * Q1 investments hit $3.3bn in India * Aureos backs Chinese wind energy firm * 2.3x cash from Indonesian mining deal * IDFC backs carbon credit advisory firm
6 min read · 12 January 2013
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4 min read · 12 January 2013
In Asia, the credit crunch has had limited impact on debt markets so far. Buyout pros and leveraged finance specialists in Hong Kong and Singapore are nevertheless bracing for tricky times. By Patricia Lee.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Material adverse change clauses are in demand. Increasing tension between borrower and lender is the likely result, Mark Vickers points out.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Michael Nicklin and Emma Malkin report on a painful novelty for lenders – the so-called ‘reverse staple’.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In India, almost half of the population don't have access to mains electricity – a fact that brings the activities of the country's new generation of infrastructure investors into sharp focus. Andy Thomson recently met with Michael Queen in London to find out more about 3i's ambitious plans for India as well as his thoughts about the broader infrastructure opportunity.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity ranks are being swelled by leveraged financiers.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
