Private equity firms invested USD1,944 million across 88 Indian deals during the quarter ended June 2014, according to early data from Venture Intelligence. The investment amount was 28 per cent lower than that invested in the same period last year (USD2,693 million across 114 transactions) and 20 per cent lower
Rakuten Ventures has launched a USD100 million global investment fund which will target investments in start-ups and companies in Israel, Asia Pacific, and the US. The fund builds on the Southeast Asia fund, which was originally launched in 2013 and counts Carousell, Visenze, Coda Payments and Send Anywhere among its
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) designed to deepen their collaboration. The agreement focuses on developing activities to create mutually beneficial opportunities for the fund industries in both countries. Luxembourg is the
Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and PineBridge Investments Middle East are to establish a joint venture platform to invest in direct private equity opportunities in Africa. The MOU was signed by both Dr Adel Alsayed, KHC’s executive director for private equity and international investments, and Talal Al Zain, chief executive officer of PineBridge
The AIM-quoted investment fund Adamas Finance Asia (ADAM) expects to benefit from newly-introduced reforms to ease controls on cross-border lending to Chinese businesses. The new reforms were introduced this month by China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to address concerns that tight credit and slowing investment may stall the
The Islamic Development Bank has launched the USD2 billion Islamic Development Bank Infrastructure Fund II, the largest private equity infrastructure fund dedicated to the 57 member countries of the IDB. The IDB Fund II is supported by the Public Pension Agency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Public Investment
JHL Biotech has closed a Series B financing round of USD35 million, led by new investors Milestone Capital and a consortium of Taiwan venture capitalists and individuals. The consortium includes President International Development Corp, Fubon Financial Holdings, Taishin Financial Holdings, TaiAn Technologies, Hotung Group, Dr Allen Chao (founder of Watson
GoldenTree Asset Management, an investment firm that manages alternative and traditional asset strategies for sophisticated institutional and high net-worth investors, has opened a Singapore office. Shahriar Saadullah has been appointed as managing director to run business development in Asia Pacific. He reports to Kathy Sutherland, GoldenTree’s global business development head.
Wingstop, which is owned by affiliates of Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital, has opened the first of 50 planned restaurants in The Philippines. The new restaurant debuted at Regis Center, Katipinuan, in the largest and most populous city in Metro Manila, Quezon City. "We are excited to partner
Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and Caisse des Dépôts International Capital (CDCIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an investment vehicle seeking to develop Saudi projects and ventures. The KHC-CDCIC platform will help advance bilateral economic co-operation and trade and to facilitate access to long‐term capital in both countries
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