East Asia

Buyers need to understand the fundamentals of Chinese secondaries before evaluating discounts, according to Coller Capital’s Zhan Yang.

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

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

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

Leveraging technology can make supply chains more robust and give portfolio companies 'less wastage in the system', according to the founder and CIO of Hillhouse.

A mismatch between the supply of potential deals and the number of institutional buyers has given Schroders significant 'bargaining power', Jun Qian, the firm's head of China PE, tells PEI.

Catalyst, a sustainability-focused private markets strategy, is drawn to opportunities in China’s burgeoning renewable energy sector, APAC head Matthew O’Sullivan tells PEI.

PEI asks what has unblocked the deal pipeline and explores how firms are getting transactions across the line.

Though China remains the biggest PE market in APAC, other countries are getting a bigger share of dealmaking as investors look to diversify geographically, according to Bain & Co’s Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2023.