Private Equity
Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom, Advantage Partners’ representative partners, talk us through three decades of investing in Japan
9 min read · 31 March 2020
Koji Sasaki, president and managing partner of T Capital Partners, maps the road ahead for the firm now that it has separated from Tokio Marine Insurance Group
8 min read · 31 March 2020
Family-owned businesses account for more than half of all PE deals in Japan. Instilling a professional management culture requires a careful leadership transition, says Jun Tsusaka, founding partner of NSSK.
8 min read · 31 March 2020
All foreign transactions will be subject to FIRB review, a process that will now take six months instead of 30 days.
2 min read · 31 March 2020
The number of divestitures by public companies has changed little in the past decade, but PE participation is rising.
6 min read · 31 March 2020
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
As more Japanese insurers turn to private equity in the search for yield, Hikojiro Iida, co-head of PE at Nissay Asset Management, discusses its favoured strategies.
2 min read · 31 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
