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The fragmented Japanese waste management industry represents a compelling private equity opportunity, say J-STAR principal Masayoshi Nakajima, manager Hisato Iwamoto and managing partner Hideaki Sakurai.

Japanese LPs are looking beyond commingled funds to more customised solutions, including fund of ones and SMAs, say Neuberger Berman’s Ryo Ohira, Jonathan Shofet and Yoshi Yagisawa.

Against an increasingly bifurcated geopolitical backdrop, Japan is uniquely positioned to give investors a stable and safe access platform to Asia’s secular growth story, says Mark Chiba, group chairman and partner at The Longreach Group.

GPs are receiving unprecedented levels of demand for data from LPs, as well as an uptick in reporting requests, say Caroline Baker and Scott Kraemer of Vistra

Overseas PE firms that can overcome the challenges of building business in Japan will be able to capitalise on countless opportunities, says Sakuya Tajima, head of business development in Japan for Sanne Group

Better data strategies will allow investors to make better decisions faster and cheaper, but the industry is still at an early stage of its data transformation journey, says Gus Harris at Alter Domus

The private equity industry needs to be ready for more stringent disclosure regulations, including on taxation, say Travers Smith partners Sam Kay and Elena Rowlands

After a steady start, 2022 is shaping up to be another busy year for deals as private equity firms remain active despite testing markets, say Baker McKenzie partners Darcy Down and Michael Fieweger

The future of private funds as a longer-term investment option has become a commonplace goal for the market, write Troutman Pepper lawyers Julia Corelli, Stephanie Pindyck Costantino, Patrick Bianchi and Theodore Edwards.

With a rapidly growing market in an increasingly volatile environment, secondaries investors need to creatively focus on the basics, says Michael Granoff of Pomona Capital