IVFA Indium V Fund Reaches a First Close with US$500 Million (Asia)

India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA), a firm focused on investing in mid-sized businesses, has reached a first close for its Indium V fund with US$500 million in capital commitments. The fund, which is sector-agnostic and has a hard cap of US$700 million, also recently announced its first investment, an INR2.2… Read More

IDFC Alternatives Acquires a Stake in ONGC Tripura Power Company (Asia)

IDFC Alternatives, the alternative asset management arm of infrastructure financing company IDFC, has purchased a 23.5 percent stake in ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC), an India-based operator of a gas power plant, for INR4.3 billion (approximately US$68 million). The investment was structured through IDFC’s India Infrastructure Fund II. Existing shareholders… Read More

CVC Capital Partners to Buy Convertible Bonds from MAP Aktif Adiperkasa (Asia)

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to invest IDR1.5 trillion (approximately US$114 million) in convertible, unsecured, zero-coupon bonds issued by MAP Aktif Adiperkasa (MAA), a sports and lifestyle retail and manufacturing subsidiary of Mitra Adiperkasa, an Indonesia-based apparel retailer. The agreement provides CVC with the option to convert its investment into… Read More

Carlyle Exits Its Stake in Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries (Asia)

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has sold its 9.6 percent stake in Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries (RHI), a China-based port and marine-related machinery manufacturer. The investment was held by China Crane Investment Holdings, an investment vehicle jointly owned by The Carlyle Group and Finland-based cargo-handling machinery company Cargotech. Read More

Achieving Private Equity Alpha in Asia’s “New Normal”

  Peter Pfister is a Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific on the Global Investment Team at Altius Associates, a global private equity advisory and separate account management firm. Altius has been advising institutional investors on private market investments since 1998 and currently manages and advises approximately US$27 billion (as of… Read More

Aspada Investment Company Invests in InI Farms (Asia)

Aspada Investment Advisors, an investment firm focused on small- and medium-sized enterprises in India, has invested INR200 million (approximately US$3.2 million) in InI Farms, an India-based pomegranate and banana processing and export company. The investment was structured through Aspada Investment Company, a holding company managed by Aspada Investment Advisors. InI… Read More

CMS Opus Private Equity Acquires a 30 Percent Stake in Damini (Asia)

CMS Opus Private Equity (COPE), a Malaysia-focused asset management firm, has acquired a 30 percent stake in Malaysia-based water treatment and management equipment company Damini. The company plans to use the fresh funding to acquire new businesses and strengthen its operations in the oil and gas sector. The transaction was… Read More

KKR, LeapFrog and Indium to Invest in Magma Fincorp (Asia)

Global investment firm KKR, emerging markets financial services investor LeapFrog Investments and Indium V, an investment vehicle advised by India Value Fund Advisors, have received board approval from Magma Fincorp, an India-based non-banking finance company, to invest INR5 billion (approximately US$80 million) in the company. KKR, Indium V and LeapFrog… Read More

CDH Investments Participates in a Funding Round for Lufax (Asia)

Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange (Lufax), a China-based peer-to-peer lending platform, has raised RMB3 billion (approximately US$489 million) in a funding round led by BlackPine Private Equity Partners, a China-focused special situations and growth capital fund manager. China-focused private equity and venture capital firm CDH Investments and the private… Read More



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