Manager strategy

Executives at the alternatives giant discussed the firm's impact strategy at PEI's Responsible Investment Forum last week.

Ant Catalyzer No.6 Private Equity Investment is expected to comprise a larger proportion of international capital than its predecessors.

The alternatives giant has a $130bn multi-year fundraising goal as well as near-term plans to expand its private credit and insurance businesses.

Savvy sponsors are increasingly using data science to improve outcomes – from deal origination to due diligence and value creation.

Firms should take a step back and see how the SPAC phenomenon settles, says the alternatives giant's chief executive Kewsong Lee.

Shanghai-based Ocean Link closed its second USD-denominated private equity fund at $580m in January, co-founder and partner Tony Jiang tells PEI.

The alternatives giant this week outlined an ambitious four-year plan to grow its $246bn business across strategies including private equity, credit and secondaries.

The US market for special purpose acquisition companies is not a game the company wants to play, co-founder Mathieu Chabran tells PEI.

The firm plans to seed new strategies in India with its balance sheet before raising additional blind-pool fund products, its new country head Harsh Shethia tells PEI.

The private equity firm has traditionally retained exposure to assets the 'old fashioned way', according to managing partner James Brocklebank.