MSA Capital

Chris Lerner will be responsible for launching a company focused on investments in private markets fund managers and industry solutions providers, PEI understands.

In the latest instalment of this series, PEI catches up with Chris Lerner, managing partner at China's MSA Capital, to discuss building new LP relationships at a time when some fundraising processes have stalled.

With regulatory, geopolitical and travel-related headwinds threatening western appetites for Chinese private equity firms, knowing which one to pick is more important than ever.

MSA received a fundraising boost last year with the appointment Chris Lerner, former head of Asia at placement agent Eaton Partners, as a managing partner.

Chris Lerner joined MSA Capital in October after nearly a decade at Eaton Partners, where he led the origination and execution of fundraises, secondaries and strategic advisory.