Siddharth Poddar

A fund established by US hedge fund Fursa, Indian infrastructure financing company SREI and Indian holding company Prima Donna will be led by Sanjiv Gupta, former Coca-Cola India CEO.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s attempted partial takeover of Auckland International Airport has failed at the final hurdle as it is rejected by the New Zealand government.

The Middle Eastern firm takes steps to establish its presence in Asia with the launch of a China-focussed fund in association with a Chinese investment firm.

Private equity investments in India in the first quarter of 2008 grew 22 percent over the same period last year 'despite the turmoil in the global financial markets'.

The infrastructure-focussed private equity firm has invested R400 million in a clean energy service company, its third such investment in the last six months.

The private equity firm has bought a minority stake in ECI Engineering and Construction Company as India’s infrastructure sector continues to draw private equity investments.

Investments in consumer-related industries in India continue to soar as the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments takes a stake Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company.

The Indian alternatives manager has completed fundraising for its third private equity fund in less than three months, bringing its assets under management to more than $1.4 billion.

Dubai International Capital has picked up a “significant minority stake” in Singapore-based True Group.

The Sydney-based private equity firm has more than tripled its previous fund.