The San Francisco- and Hong Kong-based firm has closed its second fund $100m higher than its initial target, but slightly shy of the $1bn close anticipated. The fund will focus on fund investments in China, Japan, Korea and India.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
China vets foreign institutions, suspends IPOs * Malaysia welcomes overseas venture investors * China Investment Corp to raise stake in Blackstone
3 min read · 12 January 2013
JPMorgan doubles PE investments in India * GIC turns to private equity
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Credit Suisse bolsters Asian mid-market team 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Despite the credit crunch and malaise in the financial markets, Credit Suisse Private Equity Asia has made two senior hires, continuing the expansion of its Asian private equity team that began last year.<br /> <br /> In April
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As a result of the financial crisis, investors may focus even more closely on the quality of GP reporting. And that's good news for private equity administration specialists in Asia, Andy Thomson discovers.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
ICICI Venture is a name that has become synonymous with Indian private equity. Renuka Ramnath, the managing director and CEO of the firm, speaks to Siddharth Poddar about its evolution, aspirations and more.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Despite chaos in world markets, participants at PEI's inaugural India Forum in Mumbai argued that the asset class would not only weather the storm, but emerge stronger.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Asia feels the global squeeze
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Twenty years after the record-setting buyout of RJR Nabisco, the deal still stands as a prime example of private equity operating at extreme capacity. Will mega-LBOs of 2006 and 2007 be as influential? And will they, like RJR Nabisco, ultimately disappoint? David Snow compares two bygone boom eras
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The repercussions of the financial turmoil will be profound, say Roberto Paganoni and Ivan Vercoutere of Swiss private equity and hedge fund manager LGT Capital Partners. But does this mean some sort of doomsday reckoning for private equity? Far from it, they insist: the asset class may even emerge from a testing period with its reputation enhanced. By Andy Thomson
10 min read · 12 January 2013
