Private Equity
Japan is KKR’s second-largest private equity investment destination, with India also in the top four, co-chief Joseph Bae told an HKMA event in Hong Kong.
3 min read · 04 November 2025
Japan’s sprawling financial conglomerates can lead to overlap between pension fiduciaries and fund placement businesses that requires careful management.
6 min read · 28 October 2025
A novel marketing campaign in Japan underscores the growing recognition that PE’s historic aversion to the spotlight will no longer cut the mustard.
2 min read · 16 October 2025
The head of product management Asia for Ares' wealth unit and the firm's head of strategy for Asia have both departed within the past month.
2 min read · 15 October 2025
Some Japanese pensions are 'stopping re-ups' due to private equity's exit drought, research executive Manami Akita tells PEI.
3 min read · 15 October 2025
The sovereign wealth fund is seeing 'a higher percentage of control buyouts at scale' in China and India, according to Asia PE head Ankur Meattle.
3 min read · 02 October 2025
Private markets investments will take 'twice as much effort' to generate returns similar to those seen over the past 15 years, says Texas Municipal Retirement System CIO Yup Kim.
3 min read · 02 October 2025
The fund has increased its secondaries budget to capture opportunities arising from market uncertainty, private equity head Yasuyuki Tomita tells PEI.
4 min read · 29 September 2025
The sovereign wealth fund is active in Asia-Pacific via funds, directs and joint ventures with GPs, according to PE fund investments manager Mahmoud Al Khatri.
3 min read · 15 September 2025
Trustar Capital Partners V will close just shy of its $1.3bn target, PEI understands.
2 min read · 12 September 2025
