
VIDEO: Sebastiaan van den Berg of HarbourVest Partners

Australia is a consistent source of buyout deals for pan-Asian funds but its share of the regional total is falling in percentage terms as GPs source larger ticket deals in other markets, according to Sebastiaan van den Berg, managing director at HarbourVest Partners
"We are now seeing buyout deals in China, India and Southeast Asia and of course in Korea and Japan. In dollar terms, Australia has been relatively consistent over the years, albeit a little...
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