East Asia

The past year saw at least six global private equity firms expand their footprint in Asia-Pacific by opening new offices.

Large investors from North Asia are ‘doing a lot more work in India’ than before, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund's Saloni Jhaveri tells PEI.

MetLife IM sees 'room for improvement in aligning interests and increasing transparency' in the asset class, head of international PE Nick Milnes tells PEI.

A volatile year has prompted some LPs to rethink their geographic private equity exposure.

The Korean manager was founded by Kevin Lee in 2012 with the sponsorship of PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.

J-INC was founded by chief executive Soichi Yamaguchi, who previously led Bain Capital spinout Nippon Investment Company.

GL’s fundraise coincides with the September close of a $240m single-asset continuation fund backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Ashish Goyal will move on at the end of the year, joining other APAC departures from the $100bn pension fund and its Canadian peers, PEI has learned.

The firm reportedly paused a multi-asset CV involving this asset in 2023.

LPs could reduce their allocations to the US by 5-7%, Warburg CEO Jeffrey Perlman told an HKMA event on Wednesday.