East Asia

The multifamily office is looking to increase its blind-pool fund exposure this year, private equity head Jo Huang tells PEI.

Initiatives to boost workforce diversity, motivation and happiness can pay dividends for investors, explain NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka, Kiyomi Matsuda and Kurama Sato.

The firm, which split from venture giant GGV Capital in 2023, is seeking $500m for its debut hybrid capital fund, senior managing partner Jenny Lee and partners Ming Eng and Roger Zhang tell PEI.

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.

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

Private equity firms made a raft of strategic hires in 2024 amid rising excitement about the lucrative Asia-Pacific wealth opportunity.

High-net-worth clients are expected to 'reallocate' towards private equity as rates come down, Mathieu Forcioli, global and APAC head of alternatives for HSBC Global Private Banking, tells PEI.

Multiple domestic managers have been in touch with LPs seeking clarity over the economic implications of Korea's recent political turmoil, PEI understands.