CLSA Capital Partners

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

Not everyone within private equity is enamoured with the idea of opening the asset class to retail investors. Plus: BlackRock has appointed an ex-Morgan Stanley boss to service Asia-based institutions and Hong Kong's CLSA has bold plans for China. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The Japanese private equity unit of Hong Kong’s CLSA Capital Partners is honing its own distinctive approach for the post-pandemic environment, as managing director Ryoichiro Minagawa and directors Shota Kuwaki and Yasunori Maeda explain.

Hong Kong’s CLSA started incrementally reducing its involvement from the Sunrise Capital general partner with the launch of Fund III in 2017, PEI understands.

Partnering with company founders provides contrarian private equity buyers a rich seam of investments, says CLSA Capital Partners president Megumi Kiyozuka.

KKR’s poaching of CLSA’s head of real estate has implications for private fund managers of all asset classes.

The mid-market-focused firm held a single close on its third Japan buyout fund, Sunrise Capital III, after less than seven months of fundraising.

Hong Kong-based CLSA Capital Partners’ investment in Azoya is its second in the e-commerce sector, following a $10m investment in India’s Holisol Logistics in 2015.

New data suggests NAV loans are rarely used to massage DPI. Plus: a $23 billion pension has tweaked its PE allocation to get ahead of potential liquidity challenges; and a Japanese buyout firm completes an MBO. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Korea's largest public pension is upping the ante when it comes to alternative investments. Plus: Eurazeo has completed a rare GP stakes exit; and a firm led by ex-Capvis executives has proven emerging managers aren't totally off limits this year. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The country's private equity market has been touted for its growth potential for much of the past decade. Has that finally come to pass?

In the magazine: Japan’s blossoming venture landscape; How the country’s PE industry has coped with covid; Plus expert comment from NSSK, J-Star, CLSA Capital Partners, Ant Capital and much more…

With deep pockets and a long-term perspective, China’s BAT internet trio are changing the private equity investment story.

A surge in both fundraising and deal volume is being hailed as a ‘golden era’ for Japan’s private equity industry.

As the country's market continues to evolve and thrive, five investors discuss why the mid-market is primed to be more competitive in the next decade.

With Asian private equity maturing and GPs raising their game, experts tell PEI where the real opportunities and challenges lie in the years to come.