Democratisation

KKR-owned Colonial First State, which manages one of Australia’s 10-largest superfunds, will make its inaugural private equity allocation this month, PE head Chloé Brayne tells PEI.

'Stars are aligned' for Asia Private Assets Fund as investors prioritise diversification, managing director and co-head of Asia investments Collwyn Tan tells PEI.

The senior departures follow a regional leadership shake-up and amid a cost-cutting drive by the UK asset manager.

The bank has onboarded a greater number of private markets evergreens amid a rising focus on exit liquidity, executive director Jason Ng tells PEI.

Mark Oliver’s appointment is the latest in a string of regional developments for the alternatives platform, including a tie-up with Japan’s Resona Bank and KKR last year.

GPs willing to navigate China's Qualified Domestic Limited Partner programme could benefit from rising HNWI appetites for cross-border alternative investments, write partners from law firm Fangda.

With market watchdogs looking more closely at private asset pricing, Private Equity International spoke to managers of semi-liquid funds about their valuation methods.

Opening the asset class to retail investors is disrupting capital raising, popularising evergreen funds and prompting the adoption of technology to take care of distributions.