Manager strategy

The Japanese private equity unit of Hong Kong’s CLSA Capital Partners is honing its own distinctive approach for the post-pandemic environment, as managing director Ryoichiro Minagawa and directors Shota Kuwaki and Yasunori Maeda explain.

The covid crisis has not only seen alternative assets become more attractive (compared with traditional asset classes), but also highlighted the need for wealth managers to digitise, say Bite Investments’ COO Henry Reynolds and CEO William Rudebeck.

The leadership changes on the firm's small-cap and mid-market funds are understood to have not required key-person approvals by limited partners.

The asset management giant wants to nearly double its annual private markets activity across Asia-Pacific, Michael Dennis, head of alternatives for the region, tells PEI.

Firms with the means and resources can access the US retail market via the 1940 Investment Companies Act, which them to raise non-institutional capital.

The firm joins a growing list of blue-chip investment firms wanting to get in on a growing secondaries market.

A recent fracas marks the latest in a string of negative headlines for Korean private equity, which some industry participants fear could impact dealmaking activity in the near-term.

The fresh capital from Temasek will be used to anchor LeapFrog Investment’s future funds focused on Asia and Africa.

The buyout firm collected about €220m more than its original target in a fully virtual fundraising process.