Private Equity
The pandemic is an opportunity to return to a 'better normal', according to Yoshitaka Todoroki, who oversees PE and infra at the $1.5trn Japanese pension giant.
2 min read · 08 October 2020
Japanese LPs will continue to favour corporate engagement over exclusionary screening of controversial sectors, according to Satoshi Ikeda, chief sustainable finance officer at the country's financial watchdog.
3 min read · 07 October 2020
The Australian sovereign wealth fund is aptly named given its decision to begin a major rebalancing of its private equity portfolio immediately prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
10 min read · 06 October 2020
KKR Asian Fund IV, which has been in market since March, is already 40% larger than its 2017-vintage predecessor.
2 min read · 05 October 2020
The Asian private equity market was grappling with geopolitical rifts even prior to the introduction of global travel bans, yet there are reasons to be optimistic.
10 min read · 30 September 2020
Schroder Adveq is one of the latest western firms to benefit from Shanghai's QFLP programme, which provides access to a market that has until now proved elusive for international LPs.
6 min read · 30 September 2020
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
The investment firm has launched a fund of limited size and timing to find discounted opportunities, managing director Duncan Zheng tells PEI.
3 min read · 22 September 2020
Alicia Gregory, head of private equity at the Australian SWF, says investors could be left overexposed if less creditworthy LPs default on capital calls.
3 min read · 17 September 2020
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
