Asia-Pacific

The nation's official cabinet last week revealed 17 guidelines on improving the venture capital industry, covering fundraising, product structure and exits.

The country’s largest public pension will pursue both private equity and private credit continuation fund opportunities, investment policy committee member Sam Y Chung tells PEI.

LPs warming to NAV loans, a surprising degree of liquidity, and a spate of evergreen entrants could define the rest of this year.

The European specialist expects Japan to be its 'fastest-growing' investor base in Asia over the next 12 months, managing partner Mathieu Teisseire tells PEI.

Private equity managers have yet to meaningfully access the $529bn of AUM held by India's insurance companies and National Pension System.

The consumer giant is seeking $800m for a new regional flagship that will invest alongside country-focused sidecars targeting Japan and India respectively, PEI understands.

AlpInvest chair Ruulke Bagijn and global head of primaries Wendy Zhu tell PEI that the Carlyle secondaries unit is seeing higher quality LP-led opportunities come to market.

In this podcast, PEI's Adam Le, Hannah Zhang and Alex Lynn discuss which firms made this year's ranking and what this says about the state of private equity fundraising.

NIIF is seeking $1bn for its sophomore fund of funds and plans to expand its private markets business with dedicated secondaries vehicles, managing partner Anand Unnikrishnan tells PEI.