CDC Group said they would be backing New Delhi-based renewable energy developer Green Infra Ltd with a USD 25 million investment to enhance the latter's production capacity.
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Majority shareholder seen as hurdle to yeo Hipa Seng's takeover - analysts
Potential investors would be having difficulty acquiring a majority ownership stake in beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd due to the Ng family, who had a controlling interest in Yeo's via Far East Organization.
Ackman, Berkowitz seeks to recover equity in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac before US takeover
Although taking different approaches, investors Bill Ackman and Bruce Berkowitz were attempting to salvage securities acquired before the US housing crisis with a combined value of more than USD100 billion, said a Bloomberg report.
Snapchat rejects Facebook because the latter is losing its cool factor - source
An article published on tech news site VentureBeat raises the question on the staying power of social media giants and Silicon Valley darlings like Facebook and Twitter.
Bitcoin exchange BTC China nabs USD5 million in Series A investment
Bitcoing exchange BTC China received USD5 million in Series A investment from Lightspeed China Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners to fund its general operations, but indicated plans to expand its business.
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Equity investors were seeing fewer options to place their bets on the market as the stock rally had driven up company valuations, said a Bloomberg report.
A report from the Financial News website said private equity companies were now looking for investments in fossil fuels prompted by large discoveries of shale gas in the US.
Sources who were familiar with the proceedings said the bidding group who planned to buy the aircraft-leasing unit of American International Group Inc would be welcoming Chinese financier Xiao Jianhua and Taiwanese tycoon Richard Tsai as its additional partners.
China's recent government CNY20 billion or USD3.3 billion bond sale recorded a 5.3% yield, which was the highest obtained by the mainland since selling debt since 2009.
TrimTabs Investment Research revealed that investors had poured an estimated USD 34.1 billion in equity mutual funds and exchange traded funds in the four weeks ending November 13.
Private equity company RRJ Capital said it has already began to market its Asian real estate fund which will focus on China. RRJ Capital is looking to raise USD 1 billion for the fund.
Yuan Zhide, a Shanghai Venture Capital Senior Executive, said the Chinese central government's ban on initial public offerings needed to be removed if the country's venture capital industry is to be revived.
Private equity firm Boyu Capital has experienced the pressure that the delay in the long-awaited initial public offering of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has caused.
Spain's largest media firm Promotora de Informaciones or Prisa was close to reaching a refinancing agreement with its creditors for its EUR more than 3 billion debt, sources told Bloomberg.
