Siddharth Poddar

Lone Star's search for an exit from KEB resumes, following a year of regulatory hurdles and court cases that held up the HSBC deal. This is the second time Lone Star has had a deal for its KEB stake fall apart.

BTS Investment Advisors is backing the growth plans of Sai Sudhir Infrastructures with the sixth investment from its $80m fund.

Large private equity firms in Asia may increasingly look to investments outside of their traditional space, writes Siddharth Poddar.

Private equity investments in China for the month of August decreased by as much as 72 percent from July, in what is likely a reflection of slowdown in business activity during the Beijing Olympics.

Highland Capital Partners has hired technology specialists and former Intel Capital senior executives John Hsin and Kuantai Yeh, just five months after Intel launched its second China fund.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has hired Makram Azar, former global head of sovereign wealth funds at Lehman Brothers. Azar will lead its push into the Middle East and North Africa, setting up KKR's first office in the region.

The three buyout firms are reportedly seeking to acquire a 10 percent stake in the Korean life insurance company that could value the enterprise at more than $7.5bn.

The global buyout firm is to acquire a 26.7 percent stake in Shriram City Union Finance, its second investment in the Shriram Group in two years. The investment will be made from its recently closed $4bn Asian fund.

Sean Tong, formerly a managing director at General Atlantic, has quit the firm to join Providence Equity Partners' Hong Kong office.

The Middle Eastern private equity firm has done its debut deal from is maiden $1bn telecom, media and technology-focused fund.