Asia-Pacific

ASF IX raised capital from around 40 APAC LPs, compared with less than 10 in its predecessor fund, Greater China head Jason Yao tells affiliate title Secondaries Investor.

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The depreciating yen can attract more USD investors, but GPs will need to work 'much harder' to create value in portfolio companies, Gregory Hara says at the HKVCA Asia Private Equity Forum.

PAG has returned around $1bn on average in recent years, PE co-head Lincoln Pan tells PEI.

The buyout shop would consider such a merger to be an ‘enabler for portfolio companies’ rather than an exit route for management, CEO Jun Tsusaka tells PEI.

Australia's largest pension fund aims to grow its exposure from 5% to 8%, PE head Terry Charalambous tells PEI in this NEXUS 2025 preview interview.

Fundraising dropped 18% from 2023, driven by a quiet second half and muted activity in Asia-Pacific.

Secondaries professionals and LPs dust off their crystal balls to give their views on what will drive the market over the next 12 months.

The region could see renewed appetites for Southeast Asia, a burgeoning IR community in East Asia and new pockets of secondaries opportunities next year.