Asia-Pacific

Takeshi Tsubota led Japan fundraising for the $908bn private markets manager since 2023.

Aoife Prendiville is moving on after some nine years with the Asian insurer, which has a $333bn asset portfolio.

The firm is eyeing more appointments in Hong Kong and Singapore soon, Asia investor relations head Chris Cho tells PEI.

The appointment follows the departure of former managing director and head of Evercore’s Asia-Pacific private capital advisory team Shane Gong, who left in January 2025.

Newmarch, formerly global head of private equity at the superfund, will step up to the newly created role of head of private markets and will report to CIO Simon Warner.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is increasing minimum market capitalisation for companies listed in its Growth Market section to ¥10bn by 2030.

From Japan Post Bank’s former private equity head to a buyout shop delivering 4.4x, PEI presents a rundown of seven managers you should probably get to know.

The fund's predecessor is understood to be around 50% deployed across at least nine investments.

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Firms with an impact slant have a growing presence in the HEC Paris Dow Jones Growth Capital Performance Ranking.