Alex Lynn

PE sets its sights on Japan's 'sizeable' take-private opportunity

Tokyo Stock Exchange reforms are presenting buying opportunities for GPs including KKR, a conference has heard.

Church Pension Fund: NAV financing not a ‘free lunch’ for LPs

Speaking at the HKVCA’s Asia Private Equity Forum on Friday, Eric Mason, head of PE at the Church Pension Fund, told delegates that using NAV facilities to create distributions increased financial risk.

Investors should be thinking about Indian private markets – UBS

Speaking at the Asian Financial Forum on Thursday, Min Lan Tan, head of the APAC investment office at UBS Global Wealth Management, told delegates that private investment could take India to the 'next level'.

BlackRock enjoys 'very strong’ bargaining power in APAC sponsored lending

Covenants and leverage are much tighter in loans to sponsors across the region, according to head of APAC private credit Celia Yan.

StepStone: APAC's ‘underappreciated’ markets will benefit from LP rebalancing

PEI caught up with StepStone CEO Scott Hart and partners Vincent Hsu and Adam Johnston to discuss the firm’s decision to open a Singapore office this week.

LPs aren’t loving the ‘synthetic’ distribution boom

A Capstone survey has found that more than half of LPs consider NAV financing and preferred equity a ‘poor’ way to generate liquidity.

Japanese FoF GREE is opening domestic VC to international LPs

The VC unit will consider re-opening JP Fund I to test international appetites before launching its second Japanese fund of funds later this year, PEI understands.

How fundraising could play out in 2024

PEI caught up with fundraising experts to discuss Asia-Pacific reallocations, tricky re-ups and incentives managers will use to lure investors this year.

What to expect from APAC private equity in 2024

GP stakes, healthcare and Middle Eastern investors will be front of mind for Asia-Pacific markets in 2024.

GP stakes firms slowly warm to Asia-Pacific

Though GP stakes transactions have been few and far between in the region, a growing number of participants are setting up shop in APAC.