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Side Letter: ESG's cost elephant; Apex's MJ acquisition; debt's continuation capitalCost attribution for ESG data collection is creating friction in some quarters. Plus: Apex Group has agreed to acquire parts of MJ Hudson; and debt is helping fill a shortfall in the continuation fund space. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Thai private equity: A beginner's guideAs private equity carves out a niche in the highly-liquid Thai market, PEI outlines Thailand's key players, deal environment and long-term outlook.
Thai pension fund to up PE allocation – ExclusiveThailand’s $20bn Government Pension Fund is looking to increase investments in mid-market private equity by 2020.
- CalPERS sells $434m in fund stakes
The disposal comes after the US's largest public pension reduced ties with 24 managers through sales in FY2016.
- Lombard closes on $350m
The firm, which is predominantly focused on Thailand, has reached a final close having been oversubscribed.
- KV Asia makes $100m first close
The private equity firm is raising a $250m fund focused on Southeast Asia, having decreased its target size from $500m.
- China-ASEAN to triple fund size in 2012
Private equity firm the China-ASEAN Investment Fund will next year raise a fund up to three times the size of its current $1bn fund dedicated to Southeast Asia, as LPs look to increase their exposure to the region.
- Private equity and Thailand
Southeast Asia- and China-focused Lombard Investments has been actively exiting many of its Thai portfolio companies. PEI recently caught up with managing director Pote Videt to get his take on Thailand’s private equity landscape.
- Southeastern promises
Southeast Asia's potential deal landscape is often overlooked by regional fund managers that find it 'easier to invest in China or India', writes Siddharth Poddar.
- How fashions have changed
From the golden age to the age of pragmatism: private equity is an industry with evolving strategic priorities. PEI looks at how tastes have altered in five key respects.