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Today’s dealfow dynamics offer a rich source of value-creation potential for investors in Japanese private equity, says Mark Chiba at The Longreach Group.

Japanese PE firms can contribute to the local economy by investing in industry consolidation, say J-STAR’s Hideaki Sakurai, Kazumasa Ohara and Takashi Fukui.

GPs are finding new ways to navigate a cooler fundraising climate, says Sam Kay, head of private funds at Travers Smith.

An ageing population is driving Japan’s business succession market and the targets are only getting larger, say NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka, Ryoji Kanamori and Makoto Iwami.

Using technology to increase transparency can dramatically shorten the due diligence process, says Nick Maglaris of SAP America.

Secondaries investors can find unparalleled alignment in GP-led transactions with lower mid-market managers, says Christiaan van der Kam, head of secondaries at Schroders Capital.

A fairness opinion from an independent provider will offer greater assurance to all parties in a GP-led deal, say Stout’s Kim Randolph and TJ Hope.

The Gulf and Southeast Asia are two of the fastest-growing regions in the world today, making the corridor connecting the two a rich seam of investment opportunities, say Gulf Capital’s Karim El Solh and Shantanu Mukerji

Single-asset continuation vehicles enable secondaries investors to gain exposure at scale to some of the highest quality assets in private equity, says ICG Strategic Equity’s Ricardo Lombardi.

Macro conditions are prompting a broader array of financing mechanisms in GP-led deals, which could help catalyse greater market adoption, say Investec’s Stuart Ingledew and Sharon Thandi.