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
India’s Comptroller and Auditor General has accused the government of systematically benefitting the GMR-led consortium in 2006’s privatisation of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The government and GMR reject the report’s accusations.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The number of Indian infrastructure projects given a negative rating by the agency is on the increase as macroeconomic challenges and factors specific to the industry take their toll. Government action and sector reforms are among measures cited that could help address the problems.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The number of Indian infrastructure projects given a negative rating by the agency is on the increase as macroeconomic challenges and factors specific to the industry take their toll. Government action and sector reforms are among measures cited that could help address the problems.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
