East Asia

A series of unfortunate events in Southeast Asian private equity have conspired with an uncertain macroeconomic environment to inspire greater circumspection around manager selection and deal protections.

Lili Wang is evaluating new product strategies across private credit, private equity secondaries and real estate, she tells PEI.

Despite some immediate headwinds, Asia’s private equity landscape could stand to benefit from the Trump administration’s tariff policy.

The $887bn pension's PE exposure had reached 7.79% as of December, up from 6.99% a year prior, per its latest annual report.

The firm's last regional flagship – the 2021-vintage KKR Asian Fund IV – is the largest pan-Asian buyout fund to date.

Jaime Alvarez, head of PE and sustainable infrastructure, tells PEI the £36bn fund is bullish on Asia and explains why it could implement an evergreen structure despite questions about conflicts within this burgeoning community.

Stuart Wrigley, who will also lead the firm's Asia-Pacific expansion from a new Singapore office, joins following a 24-year stint at GSAM, most recently as head of its APAC client solutions group.

Youngshin Park, a 20-year veteran of the country's LP community, explains what makes Korean LPs tick and outlines the best strategies for accessing this rich source of capital.

The firm generated about €20bn of exit value in the year to 30 June, chief executive Per Franzén said on a Thursday earnings call.

Secondaries buyers have been eyeing both RMB- or USD-denominated opportunities in China as managers contend with a dearth of exits, investment principal Karen Tse tells affiliate title Secondaries Investor.