Asia-Pacific

The Japanese pension fund has selected Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as its second external manager to handle its local private equity mandate.

An influential panel of industry experts from across three regions assessed the relative merits of the submissions.

Mekong Capital was quick to spot growth opportunities in Vietnam's Mobile World.

ShawKwei & Partners more than tripled EBITDA at Singapore's YongLe Tape.

Find out what a bankrupt 10-pin American bowling firm, a Dutch pastry maker and a Vietnamese phone retailer have in common in PEI's annual celebration of the industry’s best value-creation stories.

Pacific Equity Partners alleged that Adamantem Capital founders Anthony Kerwick and Rob Koczkar have breached confidentiality agreements with their former employer while raising money for their new fund.

The North Asia-focused manager has hired former Deutsche Bank managing director Stephen Le as co-head of its debut credit and special situations unit.

Tokihiko Shimizu, head of private markets at the $1.9trn investor, offers his views on its investment strategy as global and Japanese LPs move more aggressively into the asset class, and the role the bank hopes to play in stimulating the domestic market.

The distressed debt investor plans to increase its investment personnel in the region as it readies more aggressive investing into China and India, the firm’s CEO Jay Wintrob said on Monday.

Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Commission will co-invest up to $50m alongside venture capital firms to back tech-focused companies.