China secondaries: Curious conversions
An exit lag and difficulties raising money for renminbi funds in China has created a novel opening for secondaries investors comfortable moving assets from one currency to another
Private equity exits in China have declined steadily over the past five years, gradually piling up a significant but glacially inert secondaries opportunity. Now an overlapping trend in fundraising appears...
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