East Asia

Celebrating excellence in an ever-growing PE market.

Takeshi Tsubota led Japan fundraising for the $908bn private markets manager since 2023.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is increasing minimum market capitalisation for companies listed in its Growth Market section to ¥10bn by 2030.

From Japan Post Bank’s former private equity head to a buyout shop delivering 4.4x, PEI presents a rundown of seven managers you should probably get to know.

The fund's predecessor is understood to be around 50% deployed across at least nine investments.

Initiatives focused on enhancing stakeholder welfare can be a valuable route to returns and are already reshaping corporate Japan, according to NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka and Kiyomi Matsuda.

Hopu Master Fund III closed on the equivalent sum in 2018, according to PEI data.

Manager consolidation, HNWI-focused insurance products and a China rebound are on the cards for APAC private equity markets this year.

The country has taken a larger share of Asia-Pacific's stilted private equity market over recent years.

China’s private equity market is ‘already seeing a lot more activity’ in verticals relating to AI, Marc Lau, managing partner at the fund of funds, tells PEI.