Private Equity
The country's largest public pension has been exploring how it could increase its private equity exposure and begin committing to other asset classes, according to head of alternatives Per Olofsson.
2 min read · 04 November 2020
Changing consumer attitudes have been driving innovation in the sector and providing an expanding list of opportunities for VC.
5 min read · 02 November 2020
China and Hong Kong may have been the first to be hit by covid-19, but they are also rebounding quickest. Despite US-China trade tensions, there are plenty of domestic opportunities emerging, say Tracy Wut and Derek Poon of Baker McKenzie.
5 min read · 01 November 2020
Live sporting events have been some of the most disrupted due to covid-19, and yet private equity is still betting on big returns from the sector.
3 min read · 29 October 2020
Lower entry multiples in the small-cap segment and more companies that are open for takeover discussions add to dealflow.
3 min read · 27 October 2020
The $41.9bn endowment has made progress in growing its private equity portfolio while shedding older illiquid assets that have weighed on performance.
2 min read · 26 October 2020
The pandemic has accelerated the number of fund placement executives going in-house.
2 min read · 15 October 2020
GPs are having more success in hiring from Asia's top placement agents to bolster their in-house fundraising capabilities during the pandemic.
6 min read · 15 October 2020
With live music suffering, the focus is on back catalogues. David Conrod of FocusPoint explains how royalties investment is demonstrating its resilience.
5 min read · 06 October 2020
Institutional investors want to avoid mistakes they made post-GFC and want to capitalise on investment opportunities working around covid-19-induced limitations, Probitas has found.
3 min read · 05 October 2020
