Siddharth Poddar

The investment firm will buy a Chinese dairy business from Hunan AVA Holdings to capitalise on the rapid growth of the infant formula business in the country.

The Middle East investment firm's third private equity fund will allow foreign contractors in Kuwait to fulfill ‘offset obligations’ through an investment in the fund.

Fundraising for Asia shows no signs of abating as the pan-Asian buyout firm raises the region's ‘biggest ever fund’, its first since ending a joint venture with Citi.

The Middle Eastern firm takes steps to establish its presence in Asia with the launch of a China-focussed fund in association with a Chinese investment firm.

The Palo Alto venture firm has made a second hire for its India operations, and is opening an office in the southern city of Bangalore.

Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region are likely to increase in the near future, according to Grant Kelley of US-based private equity firm Colony Capital.