Asia-Pacific

KKR, IFC in $97m Magma deal

The US buyout shop and the IFC have taken almost equal minority stakes in Bombay-listed non-banking finance company Magma Fincorp.

Carlyle returns $7.5bn to LPs(2)

The global alternatives group distributed $6.4bn to investors in the first quarter this year, almost as much as the $7.5bn it returned in 2010, according to the David Rubenstein-led firm’s annual report.

Carlyle returns $7.5bn to LPs

The global alternatives group distributed $6.4bn to investors in the first quarter this year, almost as much as the $7.5bn it returned in 2010, according to the David Rubenstein-led firm’s annual report.

Stealing the show(2)

KKR’s China Growth Fund hit the $1bn mark in March, but the firm’s existing Asia portfolio was the main attraction at its first-ever investor day.

Into their own hands

Partners Group chief executive Steffen Meister tells PE Asia why the firm has ramped up direct investing and what it finds alluring about Asia.

Stealing the show

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ China Growth Fund hit the $1bn mark in March, but the firm’s existing Asia portfolio was the main attraction at its first-ever investor day.

Why LPs may be changing their tune on venture

Limited partners have been slowly opening up to new VC relationships now that the industry has shrunk and top managers are back to courting investors

Red Fort completes first equity haul for $500m fund

The New Delhi-based private equity real estate firm has raised $79m in a first closing for its Red Fort India Real Estate Fund II, according to filings with the SEC. The firm’s ultimate capital raising target for the vehicle is $500m

Five minutes with… BMR Advisors' Shefali Goradia

A reworking of India's domestic tax system could lead to a 30 percent tax on carried interest. Shefali Goradia, partner at Indian tax advisory firm BMR Advisors spoke to PEI about the risks facing foreign investors, local managers and Mauritius-domiciled funds.

India’s tax code change-up(2)

A reworking of the country’s domestic tax system could lead to a 30 percent tax on carried interest. Shefali Goradia, partner at Indian tax advisory firm BMR Advisors speak about the risks facing foreign investors, local managers and Mauritius-domiciled funds.