Large cap Asian LPs continue to prioritize co-investment - AVCJ Forum
Malaysia’s Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and Australia-based QIC differ markedly in terms of the maturity of their PE programs, but there is a common interest in establishing close ties to a limited number of GPs and pursuing co-investment.
"We would like to see more co-investment deals brought to us," Mohamad Nasir Ab Latif, deputy chief investment officer of EPF, told the AVCJ Forum in Hong Kong. "I think the way going forward is to maintain...
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