Sharon Lim

India has attracted $1.4bn in private equity and venture capital investment in the first three months of the year – more than 3.5 times the amount committed in the same period last year.

The investment arm of Dubai Holdings and HSBC Bank are establishing a $500m fund to invest in infrastructure opportunities across the Middle East and North Africa.

CLSA Capital Partners, the reorganized private equity business arm of CLSA Asia Pacific Markets, is poised to close a growth capital fund on $300m.

Hong Kong’s SAIF Partners has acquired a 6.6% stake in flexible packaging films company Jindal.

Henderson Private Capital has appointed a former Goldman Sachs associate as its new principal for North Asia.

After a year of due diligence, Germany’s Siemens Venture Capital is ready to extend its investment activities in Asia’s two fastest growing economies – China and India.

Dubai’s Abraaj Capital is making its foray into India via the formation of a joint venture with Sabre Capital, an India-based private equity firm to raise a $250m fund.

Private equity firm Actis is in talks to invest $25 million for an 11 percent stake in a listed Indian cement manufacturer Dalmia Cements.

Dyno Nobel, acquired last year by a Macquarie-led private equity consortium from Industri Kapital for US$1.7 billion, is looking to raise up to AU1$ billion in a Sydney floatation.

Macquarie International Infrastructural Fund is setting up a management team in Singapore to oversee the fund’s activities in Asia.