Hamilton Lane targets Asia with $1.7b co-investment fund

Commitments came from public pensions, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals, according to a statement. Most backers were repeat investors from the firm’s third co-investment fund, which raised $1.5 billion in 2015.

“We are excited about the caliber of opportunities we are seeing in Asia both in traditional sectors as well as in the new economy,” Collwyn Tan, a principal on Hamilton Lane’s co-investment team, told AVCJ. “It is a critical market for us. The team is busy and expanding.”

Targeting strategy will focus on buyout and growth transaction opportunities, with diversification across enterprise values, geographies, and industries. It will be supported by a team of 22 co-investment professionals globally.

Hamilton Lane is recognized as one of the largest co-investors globally, having deployed more than $1.3 billion across its equity co-investment platform in 2018 alone. Prior Asian deployments in Asia have included China, India, Korea, Singapore, and Australia. 

The firm has about $484 billion in assets under management and supervision. It closed its fourth global strategic opportunities fund last year at $900 million and raised its largest-ever global secondaries fund in 2017 at $1.9 billion, more than doubling the size of its prior secondaries vehicle.

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• Asia
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