Life insurers will be allowed to invest in SPVs of private firms and in more debt instruments rated lower than AAA.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
It seems like there have been more false starts in the US P3 market than in the history of the Olympic Games. But is it now genuinely up and running?
3 min read · 15 January 2013
A deal to acquire a German maker of plastic processing machinery will be the first European-based investment from the firms’ $4.7bn third fund.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
An Egis/DSC team has signed an agreement with the Indian highways authority to reduce tolls and add lanes to the troubled Delhi-Gurgaon build-operate-transfer road project.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
As banks take a step back from providing debt in the market, opportunities are rife for private equity firms to set up special credit funds.
5 min read · 14 January 2013
ConnectEast was the kind of deal CP2 wants to repeat – identify a quality core infrastructure asset and bring large institutional investors to the table. Managing director Syd Bone talks to Andy Thomson about the firm’s model.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Samena Capital’s second special situations Asia fund is targeting $700m and so far has $400m in commitments. In the wake of its first close, vice president Ayaz Motiwala spoke to PE Asia about Samena’s hybrid private equity-PIPE strategy and the special situation opportunities it sees in the region.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
Private equity innovator Kohlberg Kravis Roberts broke new ground in 2008 with its infrastructure fund. Marc Lipschultz recounts how KKR weathered a challenging fundraising environment to raise a $1bn offering.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
Envisaged investment in Indian infrastructure has fallen by 52% from last year, down to $18.1bn. The power and telecommunication sectors are the hardest hit, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Actis is the second private equity firm to invest in AGS Transact Technologies following TPG Growth’s $43m investment last year.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
