Clare Burrows

Fund managers were too optimistic about China and India and especially underestimated the political risks in each country, according to an investor survey by Coller Capital.

Fund managers were too optimistic about China and India and especially underestimated the political risks in each country, according to an investor survey by Coller Capital.

The South Asia-focused firm is on the verge of a $140m final close - and is already plotting a new fund for 2013.

The Switzerland-based investment firm plans to increase its exposure to Asia in its latest secondaries vehicle.

The US-headquartered private equity firm has promoted Singapore-based vice president Nick Nash in a round of promotions worldwide.

Asian GPs tend to hold firm on fee terms and carry more often than their counterparts in the US and Europe, but LPs are asking more questions than before, delegates heard at the PE Asia CFO & COO Conference in Hong Kong.

Srinivasan Nagarajan will join the UK-based development finance institution in 2013. The news comes shortly after the departure of Asia head Anubha Shrivastava.

Renuka Ramnath's Multiples Alternate Asset Management and Paris-based L Capital have invested in cinema operator PVR, funding its acquisition of Cinemax India.

The $1.4 trillion Japanese pension fund has officially launched its study on how it can invest in alternatives, including private equity.

The $1.4tn Japanese pension fund has hired four firms, including Capital Dynamics, to research how it can invest in alternatives, including private equity.