Investor interest in India continued in 2012, albeit at levels below previous years, according to Grant Thornton UK’s India Watch Index. Full year performance remained strong, but growth in the fourth quarter was flat. Overall, Grant Thornton India Watch Small Caps Index closed eight per cent up at the end
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Gregory Eckersley as global head of internal equities, effective immediately. Eckersley will be responsible, alongside senior management, for developing and implementing investment strategy for the internal equities department, as well as overseeing the activities of all internally-managed portfolios. His role will also
Venture capital firms invested about USD762m over 206 deals in India during the 12 months ended December 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence. While investment activity declined by 7.2 per cent over 2011 (which had witnessed USD1,094m being invested across 222 deals), the amount invested declined by 30
China’s private equity industry is in the early stages of a unique crisis that could undermine the remarkable gains of recent years, according to a newly-published research report by China First Capital, an American-owned international investment bank focused on China. Over USD100bn in private equity and venture capital investments is
Actis, a pan-emerging markets private equity firm, has made a minority investment in Nanjing Micro-Tech, a manufacturer of medical equipment to Chinese and international hospitals and surgeries. This investment builds on Actis’s track record of healthcare investments in India. Nanjing Micro-Tech was founded in 2000 and has since grown
Private equity firms invested USD8,853m over 406 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2012, compared to the USD10,378m across 483 deals during the previous year, according to analysis by Venture Intelligence. These figures – which include VC investments and exclude PE investments in real estate – take
Focus Media has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Giovanna Parent Limited and Giovanna Acquisition Limited, by which Parent will acquire Focus Media for USD5.50 per ordinary share of the company or USD27.50 per American depositary share, each representing five shares. This amount represents a premium
Private equity investor the Abraaj Group has exited its investment in the restaurant chain Hot Pot, through an initial public offering on the local Thai stock exchange that was more than three times oversubscribed. The Abraaj Group first invested in the restaurant chain in 2006. Since then, the restaurant chain’s
Baird, an employee-owned international financial services firm, and Axis Capital, the investment banking subsidiary of Axis Bank, have formed an alliance for investment banking services, with an initial focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions between India and Europe, and India and the US. Through the alliance, the two investment banks
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has set up its first remote liaison office in West China in Chengdu Tianfu Software Park. This office, connected to KPCB’s Beijing and Shanghai offices by an advanced Polycom video system, aims to build a bridge between local entrepreneurs and KPCB
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