Aureos Capital, the private equity fund management company, has expanded its Asia operations with the opening of a regional head office in Singapore. The Singapore office will be a regional hub for Aureos’ existing offices across South and South East Asia. Aureos has 13 offices across Asia, including India, China,
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has appointed Steven R Okun as Director of Public Affairs in Asia Pacific, effective 13 February 2011. Okun will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s public affairs, corporate citizenship and external communications in Asia Pacific, as well as for helping to support the public affairs
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has opened a new office in Hong Kong and appointed Ruby Poon as its Asia Regional Manager to deepen its programs and relationships across the continent. A global non-profit, membership-based organisation, EMPEA promotes private equity and venture capital investing in emerging economies
BI-SAM, a provider of performance attribution and reporting software solutions for the global asset management industry, has announced several new appointments, increasing its presence in Asian markets. The AuM growth in the Asian Asset Management market is driving the need for high performing technology solutions to maintain its development as
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA)has formally launch its Asia Council, an advisory group initially comprised of 12 senior representatives from leading GP, LP and other members in the Asian private equity community. The Asia Council will help EMPEA deepen its Asia-focused content and programming and advise EMPEA
The Aureos South-East Asia Fund (ASEAF) has completed a USD4m investment in the Daniel O Mercado Medical Center (DMMC), one of the Philippines’ leading medical institutions. ASEAF acquired 33% of the business, previously wholly owned by the Mercado Group. ASEAF is managed by Aureos Capital Limited, a private equity fund
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has become the first firm to establish an investment structure under Dubai’s new Collective Investment Law, which was enacted in July 2010. Law firm Taylor Wessing advised Carlyle on the establishment of Carlyle MENA Investment Advisors Limited, which will partner with the firm’s existing
Fortress Investment Group has appointed Thomas Chan-Soo Kang as president, Fortress Asia. Kang will become a member of Fortress’s management committee and will have responsibility for business development, capital formation, strategy and management/administration in the Asia region. Kang will be based in Fortress’s newly opened Singapore office, and will report
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has made a USD10m investment in the first private equity fund dedicated to Bangladesh. CDC’s investment in the Frontier PE fund will be used to provide growth capital to help promising Bangladeshi businesses expand and develop key industry sectors. Frontier has raised USD88m
Emerging markets private equity investor Actis and an affiliate of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation have made an investment each of USD77m in India power developer GVK Energy. GVK Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of GVK Power and Infrastructure, is one of the first private sector developers in India.
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