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Its third-party offerings could include co-investments and SMAs, Amy Cho, head of Asia-Pacific and chief executive of M&G Investments Singapore, tells PEI.

The firm made its first Australian wealth hire this month amid efforts to ‘steepen the curve’ of private markets adoption among regional investors, Ed Huang, head of APAC for Private Wealth Solutions, tells PEI.

Japan is the firm’s second-largest destination for PE deployment, co-chief Joseph Bae told delegates at the HKMA’s 2024 Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit.

A ‘multipolar world' may also drive investment opportunities in Asia-Pacific, executive co-chair Hartley Rogers tells PEI.

The first two funds in the series, targeting Chengdu and Guangzhou, have collectively raised around 2bn yuan from both overseas and domestic LPs, PEI understands.

Some of Asia's most influential LPs have teamed up to catalyse climate investments in the region. Plus: Onex has been ramping up its distributions in a bid to resume fundraising for its latest private equity flagship. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Joy Wang built up Brookfield Oaktree's Hong Kong team, designing a strategy that helped raise over $1.4bn in two years from clients across Greater China, per her LinkedIn profile.

Southeast Asia, once touted as the continent’s next big thing in private equity, is struggling to live up to expectations. What’s holding the region back?

Frank Su, who was also chairperson of the Asia private equity committee and a member of the institution’s global leadership team, left on 31 October.

It is possible to generate competitive returns in emerging markets alongside outsized impact, from social outcomes to the energy transition, say Shami Nissan at Actis and Sumit Barat at portfolio company BluPine Energy