Hamilton Lane
Emerging LPs: Fingers in every pie
As more institutional investors dip their toes into private equity for the first time, managers must understand their motivations. Frontier sovereign wealth funds are an enticing wildcard
Juan Delgado-Moreira named co-CEO of Hamilton Lane
Juan Delgado-Moreira, currently a Hong Kong-based vice chair at private markets specialist Hamilton Lane, has been promoted to co-CEO of the firm.
Investor caution, bid-ask spreads hold back China secondaries
Secondaries investors see a lot of potential GP-led deal flow coming out of China, but completion rates are being held back by caution among buyers and a reluctance among sellers to compromise on valuations.
L Catterton seals $360m Asia strip sale
A Hamilton Lane-led consortium has agreed to support a USD 360m continuation fund comprising structured minority interests in investments held by consumer sector specialist L Catterton’s third Asian fund.
Singapore fund tokenisation player ADDX raises $58m
ADDX, a Singaporean digital securities exchange that helps PE firms and other fund managers tokenise funds, has raised USD 58m in pre-Series B funding featuring the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
GP profile: EmergeVest
Building on unorthodox roots and a highly concentrated portfolio, EmergeVest wants to establish itself as a global-minded Asia specialist in technology-enabled supply chains
HNWIs & private equity: Access all areas?
The private equity industry wants more efficient and inclusive ways to raise high net worth money than private bank feeder funds. Technology, in different ways, might provide the answer
Australia private wealth: Choosing channels
The swelling bank balances of Australia’s high net worth individuals and family offices are an attractive target for private equity. Access is becoming increasingly formalized across the spectrum
Asia secondaries: Continuation conundrum
The rapid ascent of single-asset continuation vehicles in the US and Europe might be emulated in Asia, but investors are approaching the market with measured optimism
Asia PE technology tilt not to be feared - Hamilton Lane
Increased participation by PE investors in minority technology deals in Asia – and the significant contribution this has made to recent industry performance – should not be cause for concern, according to Juan Delgado-Moreira, vice chairman at Hamilton...
Legend closes China healthcare continuation fund
Legend Capital has spun out the healthcare assets from two of its China venture capital funds into a continuation vehicle supported by Hamilton Lane and Coller Capital. The $270 million deal includes capital for follow-on investments.
Hamilton Lane secures Asian support for global secondaries fund
Hamilton Lane has closed its fifth global secondaries fund on $3.9 billion, with Asian LPs accounting for 17% of the corpus.
China online education: Class war
K-12 online education in China is a battle for market share that only the largest players can afford to play. Investors can either get comfortable with high-cash-burn or look for niche exposure
Q&A: Hamilton Lane's Collwyn Tan
Collwyn Tan, Hamilton Lane’s co-head of Asia investment and key point person for everything transactional in the region, unpacks the mixed signals of 2020
Asset allocation: So long, silo?
The total portfolio approach remains on the margins of asset management. Advocates of the model hope LPs will reconsider as they look for alpha beyond the areas where they normally find it
ESG reporting pressures pile on GPs, LPs – AVCJ Forum
Rising compliance standards and COVID-19 have heightened the need for detailed reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, LPs told the AVCJ ESG Forum.
Hamilton Lane opens Singapore office
Hamilton Lane has opened a Singapore office, which will be headed by Xiaying Zhang, the firm’s Hong Kong-based business development lead for Southeast Asia.
Hamilton Lane backs Polaris-led privatization of Japan's Sogo Medical
Hamilton Lane has participated as a co-investor in a Japanese take-private for the first time, supporting a Polaris Capital Group-led tender offer for Sogo Medical Holdings, a Japanese pharmacy chain operator and B2B healthcare management platform.
Hamilton Lane backs Legend Capital fund restructuring
Hamilton Lane has led a $200 million restructuring of a VC fund managed by China-based Legend Capital, transferring 12 investments into a new vehicle as a means of extending the holding period.
The crystal ball: Predictions for 2020
Industry experts weigh in as a range of macro factors promise to reshape markets across the region. Political, demographic, and scientific variables loom large
Asia edges developed markets on PE performance - study
Private markets investors in Asia have outperformed their developed markets peers in four out of the last six years in terms of IRR, with the once substantial gap in median distributions also narrowing, according to analysis by Hamilton Lane.
Hamilton Lane appoints Asia investment heads
Hamilton Lane has named Mingchen Xia (pictured) and Collwyn Tan as co-heads of the firm’s investment business in Asia. They already cover fund investments and co-investments, respectively, in the region.
Women in PE: Mind the gap
Gender diversity within private equity is an increasing priority for LPs and GPs alike. Addressing problems around the recruitment and retention of women requires fundamental changes in culture and mindset