East Asia

The firm, which collected about $2.8bn for its fifth Japan fund earlier this month, keeps junior and mid-level staff motivated by ensuring they receive hands-on deal experience, Japan co-head Kazuhiro Yamada tells PEI.

The $1.6bn BPEA EQT Mid-Market Growth Fund is nearly 18% deployed across four deals, two of which came from India, partner Nicholas Macksey tells PEI.

Speaking at SALT iConnections in New York, Weijian Shan, co-founder of pan-Asian giant PAG, said buyouts gave China investors more exit options than growth and venture deals.

Speaking at the HKVCA's Greater China PE Summit on Monday, Lexington director Niklas Risberg said buyers require discounts and strong GP alignment to get comfortable with the region's higher level of risk.

Speaking at the HKVCA’s Greater China PE Summit, Shirley Ma, senior portfolio manager at APG Asset Management Asia, said the pension giant doesn't support the use of NAV financing in its portfolio.

The firm’s founder told HKVCA’s Greater China PE Summit that pessimism about China’s economy was overblown, citing its increasing capacity for innovation and world-class manufacturing capabilities.

The Paris-headquartered firm has opened its fourth regional office to capture additional private wealth inflows and local investment opportunities, Bruno de Pampelonne, executive chairman of Asia, tells PEI.

Raising capital from wealthy individuals requires 'a lot of support, a lot of handholding, a lot of guidance, a lot of education', senior managing director Alex Catterick tells affiliate title PDI.

Former SK Group executive David Chung wants to leverage his experience as a strategic investor to bridge the gap between North American GPs and Asian LPs.

Manulife IM has added four APAC GP relationships this year, comprising two in India, one in Australia and another in Japan, senior managing director Liam Coppinger tells PEI.