For MENA-based private equity funds, fundraising is no picnic, writes Jenny Blinch.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The Indian private equity firm has called for an enquiry into the running of retail company Subhiksha after liquidity issues surfaced and KPMG was unable to complete an independent review of company accounts.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Opportunity funds are not alone in wanting to cherry-pick real estate assets at attractive prices.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund has established an office in the southern city of Chennai to expand its investment operations in India.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
More than 250 expressions of interest from parties including private equity real estate firms have been received by the collapsed bank’s liquidators for its assts in Asia.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The London-based activist investor Laxey Partners is trying to oust three directors and install an independent chairman in a bid to force changes at Hirco, which develops real estate in the country.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Wilfred Wong will formulate and manage the Singaporean group's business strategies in China and Macau. Wong is also a delegate of the National People’s Congress of China and deputy vice chairman of golf course developer Mission Hills Group.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The joint head of the firm’s North American social infrastructure and transportation group led the firm’s bidding for some of the most prominent asset sales in North America, including the Indiana Toll Road and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Management is seeking to offer its clients diversity through real estate and private equity as equities continue to perform poorly in India.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Indian AIM-listed investment and development company, Unitech Corporate Parks, has changed the terms of its agreement with its investment manager in a bid to reduce its current discount to net asset value.
1 min read · 21 January 2013