A new, improved AVCJ Awards
As Asia’s private equity market deepens and becomes more diversified in terms of asset class, deal size and structure, and geography, the way we asses performance must evolve. The AVCJ Awards are and must remain limited in number – it is vital to their exclusivity and quality – but they must also accurately reflect private markets activity in the region.
We were faced with a choice: expand horizontally, adding other country awards to our existing China and India offering; or expand the flagship Asian awards vertically, to include a wider variety of fundraising...
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