Siddharth Poddar

The China-focussed venture capital firm has raised its second fund and expanded its investment team in the country.

The Kuwaiti bank has launched a fund of funds to provide its private banking clients with an opportunity to invest in rapidly growing Indian companies.

The Small Industries Development Bank of India's private equity arm has backed a pharmaceutical company and an industrial adhesive-manufacturer as it looks to fully invest its second fund before 2009.

Ronan Agnew, formerly the co-head of Credit Suisse’s financial sponsors coverage for Europe, is moving to Hong Kong.

The India-focussed private equity firm has disclosed its first investment from the $500m infrastructure fund it is raising.

A consortium led by Archer Capital has already acquired 22 million shares, bringing its interest in the company to 18.8 percent.

The Carlyle Group is expected to make significant investments in Shandong Province, China’s second-most productive in terms of economic output.

The Singapore-based firm is raising a growth capital fund to invest in local SMEs, which other investors neglect.

The firm is increasing its capacity to invest in South and Southeast Asia where there is 'substantial demand' for power and transport infrastructure.

In a significant move by the Chinese government, the country's National Social Security Fund has been allowed to invest in non state-backed domestic private equity funds.