East Asia

Finex has expanded to more than 50 full-time staff across Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, according to its website.

Fund managers must consider alignment and transparency, among other issues, when attempting to tap into family investor capital.

Legal experts outline what foreign GPs entering China's domestic PE market should expect in terms of LP composition, fund terms and the burgeoning QFLP scheme.

Though China remains the biggest PE market in APAC, other countries are getting a bigger share of dealmaking as investors look to diversify geographically, according to Bain & Co’s Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2023.

George Maltezos has been named head of BlackRock Alternatives Specialists APAC and will lead distribution in the region based in Singapore.

George Maltezos, who joined Campbell Lutyens in 2016, also served as its head of sales in Asia-Pacific, with specific responsibility for institutional relationships in Australia and New Zealand.

The Gulf and Southeast Asia are two of the fastest-growing regions in the world today, making the corridor connecting the two a rich seam of investment opportunities, say Gulf Capital’s Karim El Solh and Shantanu Mukerji

Private real estate giant Gaw Capital is among those offering investors the ability to eschew China exposure in its latest flagship fund.

Zombie funds, LP substitutions and a dealmaking rebound could be on the cards for the Asia-Pacific private equity markets this year.

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.