Asia-Pacific

Home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the Gulf and Southeast Asia are building local and global economic ties as part of the development of a new Silk Road, say Gulf Capital’s Karim El Solh and Shantanu Mukerji.

Focusing on growth and operational improvement is the foundation for generating sustainable and consistent long-term returns, say Terry Miu Neeland, Alex Ovchar, Rosie Johnson and Tim Sims at Pacific Equity Partners.

The $5.9bn institution has an 8.8% exposure to alternatives, most of which is held in infrastructure debt, CIO Byung-kyu Cheon tells PEI.

Employees must remain with Hamilton Lane over a multi-year timeframe, and the stock price should cross particular thresholds, in order to receive equity 'awards'.

Now on its 21st year, the Private Equity International Awards celebrate firms and institutions that have thrived in a highly volatile year for the industry.

The sovereign wealth fund’s chief executive Raphael Arndt expects the macro environment to separate the wheat from the chaff among GPs.

Foreign exchange is too unpredictable to influence private equity decisions in the long run, but some portfolio companies could receive a boost from FX shifts in the near term.

Sponsors are using hedging to get deals over the line in markets with severe currency fluctuations; their investors are looking to protect themselves with greater flexibility over the currency in which they can commit.

The ¥229.6trn institution aims to pump ¥10trn into alternative investments by the end of 2026.

US-dollar-denominated private equity funds may be in a position to make outsized returns as other currencies depreciate.