Siddharth Poddar

Washington's Global Environment Fund has appointed Raj Pai as managing director in its Mumbai office, and is raising a $300m fund focussed on clean energy in South Asia.

Global Investment House has raised $500 million for its London Stock Exchange-listed fund focussed on financial sector assets in Middle East and North Africa.

The Egyptian investment bank's private equity arm and the French private equity firm will make growth capital investments in Egypt and the GCC countries.

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings latest appointment is a member of the wealthy and influential Swedish industrial Wallenberg family, dubbed the 'Royal Family of Swedish business.'

The Mumbai private equity firm has made its fourth investment from its debut fund to help scale up the operations of Vishwa Infrastructures & Services.

The first half of the year has seen deals worth more than $6.3 billion close, with investments in telecom and energy making up almost 40 percent of the numbers.

Hangzhou, a picturesque historical city near Shanghai, is reportedly looking to raise RMB5 billion and RMB560 million for an industrial fund and a venture capital fund respectively.

The Bangalore-based private equity firm is targeting $200 million for its second India-focussed growth fund.

SHUAA Partners has raised $165m to invest in hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in the Middle East and North Africa.

Alcazar Capital has invested in Bumi Geo Engineering and plans to launch its maiden third-party fund to invest in infrastructure services and logistics in India