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Covid-19 hastens exodus of Asia’s placement agents

GPs are having more success in hiring from Asia's top placement agents to bolster their in-house fundraising capabilities during the pandemic.

6 min read · 15 October 2020

Credit Suisse loses Korea fundraising veteran

The bank’s private fund group has had two high-profile departures in less than a year amid a wider exodus of placement agents within Asia.

2 min read · 13 October 2020

Eaton loses Asia head Lerner and Hong Kong office chief

Shanghai-based Chris Lerner and another senior executive are understood to have left the placement agent and advisory firm in August.

2 min read · 11 October 2020

Ex-MVision MD to launch USD funds platform at Chinese GP

Harvest Investment Management is the PE investment arm of Harvest Fund Management, one of China’s largest mutual fund managers with about $180bn of AUM.

2 min read · 09 October 2020

Ex-BC Partners IR exec joins boutique advisory firm as partner

Laura Coquis, who was most recently managing director at OMERS, joins Aviditi Advisors along with recent hires from KKR and First Avenue Partners.

2 min read · 01 October 2020

Japan’s Sunrise to spin out from CLSA over next two funds

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.

3 min read · 24 September 2020

How China Renaissance transitioned from passenger to pilot

Investment bank China Renaissance has evolved from passive co-investor to leading deals with its latest family of RMB- and USD-denominated private equity funds.

6 min read · 15 September 2020

KKR’s Roberts: 'That's why we jumped off the pier'

Industry titan George Roberts, in a video with Goldman Sachs, shared lessons on more than four decades in private equity, career advice and pandemic opportunities.

2 min read · 10 September 2020

PEI IR Forum: PE firms in danger of losing their human touch

The 'relationship business' of private equity is under threat as GPs and LPs pivot to working virtually in the face of the pandemic, a panel has heard.

2 min read · 03 September 2020

PEI IR Forum: Three tips for IR professionals

Investor relations experts at PEI’s virtual Investor Relations, Marketing & Communications Forum provide their best advice for navigating IR in a downturn.

2 min read · 03 September 2020

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