Asia-Pacific

We examine the investment giant's private equity funds in a special series of PEI's Performance Watch.

The firm raised a record $16bn in the second quarter, including bringing its latest Asia fund up to $11bn.

The Burger King India owner took strong measures to prevent unemployment during lockdown, executive chairman Alok Oberoi tells PEI.

Although HNWIs have not been precluded from acquiring positions in pre-IPO businesses via the secondaries market, the process can be complex and fraught with risk.

Hong Kong-based CLSA is seeking up to $100m from the likes of HNWIs and wealth managers to build a portfolio of pre-IPO tech unicorns, sister title Secondaries Investor understands.

Lighthouse Capital serves as financial advisor to private placements across 13 sectors and reserves investment rights to participate in up to 10 percent of each deal.

PEI's interactive chart takes a look at some markets beyond the US that permit defined contribution plans to invest in private equity, and the regulations governing their participation.

Ravi Thakran is open to partnering with existing firms boasting complementary strategies and has the support of several former colleagues, he told PEI.

Funds that closed on more than $5bn in H1 took on average 15 months to do so, longer than in any of the previous five years, according to PEI data.

A one-two punch of the Taal volcano eruption and covid-19 put paid to an in-person AGM, where the firm had expected to finalise the due diligence process.