Private Equity
Senior executives at three of the world’s largest private equity players offer their insights on how the Japanese opportunity is developing.
7 min read · 31 March 2020
As awareness of good ESG spreads through the Japanese private equity industry, GPs need to focus on implementation.
5 min read · 31 March 2020
While no one can predict the future, the Japanese private equity industry remains optimistic it can ride out the coronavirus crisis.
4 min read · 31 March 2020
A number of GPs are using flush balance sheets to seed their own distressed debt funds, according to firm head Michael Rees.
2 min read · 30 March 2020
It’s not clear if the CPPIB deal has closed yet. It’s possible the buyers are attempting to renegotiate the price on the deal since the market dislocation.
2 min read · 30 March 2020
The firm held the final close on Carlyle Japan Partners IV last week on around $2.4bn, more than double its 2013-vintage predecessor.
3 min read · 30 March 2020
David Kessenich's death activated a key-person provision in the fund's terms, leading to a 120-day suspension period.
2 min read · 27 March 2020
Seidler Equity Partners VII’s swift close owes mostly to re-up commitments by existing institutional investors, many of them long-time backers of Seidler pools.
3 min read · 27 March 2020
Hillhouse has been talking to limited partners about its fifth fundraising program, which comes in quick time after the firm closed Fund IV on $10.6bn in 2018.
2 min read · 26 March 2020
The $23.58bn pension recently proposed higher spending on PE in the next fiscal year, but is prepared for it to be less.
3 min read · 26 March 2020
