The growing importance of investor relations
As Asian private equity continues to evolve into a true asset class, the role of investor relations and fundraising professionals has become increasingly important. Over the years, I’ve watched as private equity firms place ever more emphasis on the role, which traditionally has been woven into the duties of the founder or local managing partner. While the latter will continue to participate in this part of the business, investor relations professionals are now tasked with taking the lead.
There are multiple reasons for this. Among them is that LPs have become more sophisticated and require more information than in the past, when private equity received just a small piece of what was a small...
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