Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific's lack of a risk premium does not mean it has underperformed, according to Hamilton Lane co-chief executive Juan Delgado-Moreira and co-head of Asia investments Collwyn Tan.

A larger proportion of the firm's latest flagship will go towards control investments, partners Gaurav Ahuja and Ashley Menezes tell PEI.

AlpInvest chair Ruulke Bagijn and global head of primaries Wendy Zhu tell PEI that the Carlyle secondaries unit is seeing higher quality LP-led opportunities come to market.

The $1.6bn BPEA EQT Mid-Market Growth Fund is nearly 18% deployed across four deals, two of which came from India, partner Nicholas Macksey tells PEI.

Speaking at SALT iConnections in New York, Weijian Shan, co-founder of pan-Asian giant PAG, said buyouts gave China investors more exit options than growth and venture deals.

The company behind novel food products such as the mammoth meatball and quail parfait appeals to investors because it has no intention of replacing conventional meat.

Speaking at the HKVCA's Greater China PE Summit on Monday, Lexington director Niklas Risberg said buyers require discounts and strong GP alignment to get comfortable with the region's higher level of risk.

Speaking at the HKVCA’s Greater China PE Summit, Shirley Ma, senior portfolio manager at APG Asset Management Asia, said the pension giant doesn't support the use of NAV financing in its portfolio.

The firm’s founder told HKVCA’s Greater China PE Summit that pessimism about China’s economy was overblown, citing its increasing capacity for innovation and world-class manufacturing capabilities.

The proposals could bring greater certainty for overseas private equity firms and ‘level the playing field’ with their Australian counterparts, according to legal experts.