Buyout

Exits and liquidity pressures, growing mid-market opportunities and the rise of evergreen capital are reshaping how LPs are approaching private equity investing.

GL China Opportunities Fund V was launched in September 2025, aiming to raise $800m, and will mainly target buyout investments.

Demographic change and a shift from hospital to community-based care are creating investment opportunities for those with the right expertise, says Nihon PMI Partners CEO Satoshi Hamada.

Japanese institutional investors are expanding their PE portfolios in the mid-market, as well as co-investment and secondaries, say Neuberger’s Jonathan Shofet, Yoshi Yagisawa and Hiro Fukuda.

Head of fund investments Yuka Hata is seeking to revolutionise the country's nascent venture capital market.

Global capital is pouring into Japan, yet fundraising data reveals a more uneven picture as domestic constraints and cyclical dynamics reshape the market.

A growing number of international firms are working to build out their presence in the increasingly attractive Japanese PE market.

Some LPs, including several of the largest US public pension systems, have recently moved down market, seeking greater exposure to small-cap managers and the companies in which they invest.

The mid-market firm decided to strategically add non-institutional capital after receiving demand from wealth managers, Flor Kassai, head of buyout, tells PEI.

The majority of the firm’s LPs are individuals with leadership positions at successful businesses in Lead Edge’s target investment areas, a managing partner tells Buyouts.