Sharon Lim

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has said it generates an annual 9.5 percent in returns from an investment portfolio that includes private equity.

The Blackstone Group is investing $50m in Emcure, an Indian pharmaceutical company, a year after setting up in Mumbai.

Standard Chartered Private Equity has acquired a minority stake in Singapore-listed Wilmar Holdings, a large palm oil business group with operations in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Starwood Capital Group, the global real estate investor, has recruited Balaji Rao, a local property veteran, to spearhead its new operations in India.

Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has closed its second Japanese buyout fund on $1.9 billion.

Actis, UK private equity firm, is investing $15.5m to fund the expansion of an Indian hospital group that operates in Gujarat.

Abu Dhabi Investment House is looking to raise a second private equity fund, less than a year after closing its maiden fund on $75 million (€58.7 million) at the end of last year. The new fund will invest in pre-IPO deals, strategic private equity deals and mezzanine financing, and taking control stakes. The firm declined […]

The private equity arm of India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Company is backing the development of an entertainment hub that aspires to being India’s largest.

PandoraTV, a Korean internet video portal, has received $6.4 million in funding from a consortium of three venture capital groups.

Abraaj Capital has hired former investment banker Mustafa Abdel Wadood as managing director after also promoting Shirish Saraf to managing director in April.