
Victoria Robson
J-STAR partner Tatsuya Yumoto and principal Naohito Yamashita explain how it applies buyout expertise to deals more akin to venture capital opportunities
Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom, Advantage Partners’ representative partners, talk us through three decades of investing in Japan
Koji Sasaki, president and managing partner of T Capital Partners, maps the road ahead for the firm now that it has separated from Tokio Marine Insurance Group
As awareness of good ESG spreads through the Japanese private equity industry, GPs need to focus on implementation.
There was a surprising amount of consensus, says Sean Collins, service manager (pensions) at Oxfordshire County Council.
Echoing the increasingly urgent public discussion around global warming and its impact, more investors are voicing their climate concerns, and goals, to their GPs.
eFront’s Tarek Chouman explains how data and information exchange powered by technology will open the door to increased allocations to private markets.
For LPs looking to diversify, the secondaries debt market presents some tempting opportunities, say Pantheon’s Francesco di Valmarana and Toni Vainio.
WLPs are lapping up mega-funds and emerging managers, making life tough for mid-market players seeking to raise capital, says Mounir Guen, chief executive officer of MVision.
There is appetite for deals in the right sectors in the Middle East, which has had a volatile year with internal conflicts compounded by international tensions.