Fairfax India Holdings Corp (TSX: FIH.U), an affiliate of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, has launched a US$150 million bought deal financing and a US$350 million concurrent private placement. The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) will acquire about 17 million subordinate voting shares as part of the latter offering, which is expected to close in January. Fairfax India was set up in 2014 to make private equity, public equity and debt investments in India. Its recent private deals include April’s US$300 million invested in Sanmar Chemicals Group.