East Asia

PAG has returned around $1bn on average in recent years, PE co-head Lincoln Pan tells PEI.

The region could see renewed appetites for Southeast Asia, a burgeoning IR community in East Asia and new pockets of secondaries opportunities next year.

Japan is the firm’s second-largest destination for PE deployment, co-chief Joseph Bae told delegates at the HKMA’s 2024 Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit.

A ‘multipolar world' may also drive investment opportunities in Asia-Pacific, executive co-chair Hartley Rogers tells PEI.

Southeast Asia, once touted as the continent’s next big thing in private equity, is struggling to live up to expectations. What’s holding the region back?

The growth investor will deploy more than 20% of its most recent USD-denominated flagship outside of Mainland China, chief executive Steven Wang told PEI.

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.

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.