Asia-Pacific

Only 10% of Asian PE deals had insurance last year, versus 80% of those in North America.

The $74bn alternatives manager is seeking approval for another office in the region, its 11th worldwide.

Malaysia’s four largest public investors, representing about $400bn of AUM, have developed an appetite for private equity.

Investors in emerging markets should be 'in it for the long haul' and make sure to back a variety of GPs, according to panellists at an EMPEA and IFC conference.

The platform joins the likes of Cambridge Associates, Blackstone and Credit Suisse in attempting to capture Asia’s burgeoning HNWI opportunity.

Vision Fund II launched in 2019 and failed to secure third-party commitments on the back of the underwhelming performance of its 2017-vintage predecessor.

The $12.2bn public pension would consider increasing its current 5% target allocation to PE as part of a future asset allocation review, says CIO Angela Miller-May.

The Australian government partially backtracked on plans to compare superannuation funds’ unlisted investment performance with listed benchmarks.

A blended equity and debt approach can pay dividends when expanding companies throughout emerging markets, say Gulf Capital CEO Dr Karim El Solh and managing directors Omar Rifai and Kaiser Jasrai.

Buhuo is the latest Chinese GP using secondaries to raise capital from what is perceived to be a more stable LP base than those at home.