Emerging market investor Actis recently announced the final close of its USD 750 million Actis Infrastructure 2 fund. The fund fell short of its USD 1.25 billion target after anchor investor CDC Group reduced their USD 750 million commitment to USD 500 million. The U.K.-backed CDC had also committed USD 167 million to seeding infrastructure [...]

Private equity firm CDC Group has dedicated USD 40 million to funds in south-east and central Asia. USD 30 million has been slated for the Kendall Court Mezzanine (Asia) Bristol Fund, while USD 10 million will go to Centras Private Equity Fund. Both funds will be targeting small and medium sized enterprises in their specific [...]