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Managers’ adoption challenges include leaks of material non-public information and archiving.

The healthcare-focused firm has more than doubled its firepower for its latest buy-and-build-focused vehicle.

Ben Chan, head of Asia-Pacific, and Raju Ruparelia, who led direct investments for APAC, are both departing the Canadian pension giant, PEI has learned.

Delegates at the HKVCA’s China Private Equity Summit on Tuesday heard that being an APAC or China-based investor was no longer necessarily a boon when accessing overseas investment opportunities.

Though widely dubbed ‘anti-ESG’, Florida’s House Bill 3 may reinforce the importance of ESG in financial considerations.

The pair are taking equal stakes in the mid-market-focused investment firm in a Houlihan Lokey-advised transaction.

The firm is sending a managing director with prior Goldman Sachs and HarbourVest Partners experience in the secondaries market to lead the outpost, PEI has learned.

LPs consider a vast number of metrics, including transparency, exposure and co-investment opportunities, before determining whether a fundraise was successful.

Structural changes including socioeconomic tailwinds and rising exit values are proving more consequential for private equity appetites than China’s slowdown.

Supply from managers looking to the secondaries market to hold onto assets for longer periods continues to grow.