Sharon Lim

Jayanta Banerjee has returned to ICICI Venture after a six-month stint at Lehman Brothers where he was leading the bank’s private equity investments for India. He will kick-start fundraising for the firm.

Northstar, one of a very small handful of Indonesia-focussed private equity fund managers, has raised $110 million for a debut fund, which attracted a $15 million commitment from TPG Capital.

Baring Private Equity Asia has invested alongside India’s ICICI Ventures for a stake in a local brokerage.

BlueRun Ventures, a US early-stage venture capital provider, is boosting its capacity for internet, wireless and consumer deals the region.

Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund has acquired an 81 percent interest in a motorway in China’s Guangzhou city for $532 million.

IDFC Private Equity is investing 350 million Indian rupees to fuel the growth of a local family-run water management company.

Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has invested $28 million in a joint venture established with China-listed cement producer Sichuan Golden Summit.

Permira is acquiring Arysta LifeScience from rival Olympus Capital in a secondary deal, valuing the agrochemical business at $2.2 billion in Japan's largest buyout this year and Permira’s first in the country.

Tano Capital, a US private equity firm which focuses on China and India, is forming a joint venture with Darby Overseas Investments and Tianjin Port Tariff-Free Zone Investments, a local government-linked.

The Carlyle Group has added to its Asian buyout team in Singapore, where the firm intends to build a team to focus on southeast Asia.