Siddharth Poddar

The investment advisor has promoted former GIC investment professional Chi-Ho Song to head of its growing Singapore office.

The Mumbai-based private equity firm has raised half of Fund III's target from domestic investors.

The Silicon Valley venture firm has promoted Ravi Viswanathan to general partner for energy, IT and India-focused investments, and appointed Frank Torti as principal focused on investments in healthcare.

Last week PEI Media held its second annual India Forum in Mumbai. Siddharth Poddar brings you 10 takeaways from the event.

Hurdles must be cleared to allow foreign private equity investment in India, the chairman of India's largest mortgage firm told PEI's Mumbai conference.

The frontier markets-focused firm will open an office in Colombo and raise up to $100m to invest in what it believes will be Asia's fastest growing economy.

The Mark Mobius-led asset management firm has acquired a minority stake in the Singapore-based oil and gas industry service provider.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will allocate capital to managers investing in smaller high-growth companies with an enterprise value of between NZ$15m-NZ$50m.

SAIF Partners has sold its stakes in publicly listed Thermax and MindTree, making more than 2x cash and an IRR of 150% on average for both exits.

As the stock market in Vietnam continues its rebound, private equity firms are back in the market raising capital for investments.