LPs must address staffing constraints as Asian opportunities multiply
Global LPs targeting increasingly complex opportunity sets in Asia must streamline their activity and employ a range of techniques to reconcile shortages in investment team resources, panelists told the Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association's (HKVCA) Asia Forum.
“You have to prioritize and be comfortable not taking every meeting or every coffee, because you could really spend most of your week doing that,” said Liam Coppinger, Hong Kong-based managing director...
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