Secondaries
AIC launches secondaries fund from Japan
Alternative Investment Capital Limited (AIC) has teamed with the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to launch the $150 million AIC Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. The fund will target secondary investment opportunities in select Asian markets.
Lexington Partners opens Asian office
Lexington Partners, the world’s largest secondaries manager, has recently set up a Hong Kong office. The office will be helmed by Kirk Beaton, who relocated in mid-January from the firm’s London operations.
Paul Capital hires two for India sourcing
Global secondaries investor Paul Capital has bolstered its India talent with the appointment of Anand Sunderji and Akshat Shukla as regional sourcing agents, both charged with evaluating secondary PE transactions across the market.
Paul Capital promotes Jason Sambanju to Co-Head of Asia
Secondaries investor Paul Capital has promoted Director of the firm’s Hong Kong bureau Jason Sambanju (pictured) to the role of Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia, jointly held with current MD Lucian Wu.
Religare announces investment in Landmark Partners for secondaries
Indian financial services group Religare Enterprises Ltd. has announced a strategic investment for 55% of Landmark Partners, a Simsbury, CT-headquartered private equity and real estate investment firm with some $8.5 billion of capital under management,...
HarbourVest moves Flower to Hong Kong to support secondaries
HarbourVest Partners has relocated Tim Flower, a Vice President based with the firm's London office since 2008, to Hong Kong to head up its new push for secondaries investments around Asia Pacific.
India to set up $11 billion energy infrastructure investment fund
The Indian government is on track to launch an INR500 billion ($11 billion) infrastructure fund to finance opportunities in the burgeoning domestic power industry.
Indian retailers aim to raise $100 million for new fund
A group of Indian retailers are set to launch a $100 million food-and-agriculture-focused private equity fund, titled I-Farm Venture Advisors, targeting suppliers and small- and mid-sized firms.
Partners Group gets $100 million KIC real estate mandate
Korea Investment Corporation, the SWF that manages some $27 billion of assets for the Korean government and the Bank of Korea, has mandated around $100 million to Swiss-based private equity firm Partners Group to seek investment opportunities in the private...
The dynamics of secondaries
The coverage of the state of the Asia Pacific secondaries market earlier this month in AVCJ naturally leads one to consideration of how secondaries work, and what they can do for investors in the region – whether for local buyers or sellers, or outsiders...
Emerald Hill celebrates 5th anniversary with $300 million close
Independent Asia Pacific fund of funds Emerald Hill Capital Partners has announced the final close of its second fund, Emerald Hill Capital Partners II, LP, achieving its intended target of $300 million, coinciding with the firm’s fifth anniversary.
Pantheon drops out of CIC secondaries mandate
Pantheon Ventures, the UK-headquartered fund-of-funds and investment management group, has declined to follow through on a mandate to manage $500 million of secondaries-focused separate accounts on behalf of the China Investment Corporation (CIC).
Jonathon Freeman of Coller Capital
Jonathon Freeman, Partner at Coller Capital, examines the secondaries market in Australia, and explains why he finds the “hairy, difficult” transactions the most interesting and profitable.
Secondaries show Asia's maturity?
Secondary fund transaction volumes are one indicator of the scale and maturity of a region’s private equity industry.
Zhou joins LGT in Hong Kong
LGT Capital Partners has recruited Brooke Zhou as an Associate Vice President in its private equity investment team, based in Hong Kong, where she will focus on primary and secondary fund investments, as well as co-investments.
Dupont leaves Coller
Daniel Dupont, Partner at global secondaries investor Coller Capital, has resigned his post after more than a decade with the company.
Partners Group fund raised $680 million, over target
Partners Group, the Switzerland-based private markets investment manager, has closed its latest Partners Group Global Value 2008 fund at EUR537 million ($680 million), exceeding its target of EUR500 million ($634 million).
The Great Arbitrage
In this week's Editor's Viewpoint, Brent Nicklas of Lexington Partners shares a key strategic insight with Paul Mackintosh, AVCJ Managing Editor.
CIC commits $1.5 billion to secondaries
China’s $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation (CIC), has forayed into the fast-developing secondary market by investing $1.5 billion in total in three specialist secondary funds in the West.
Adams Street Nicum hire may mean India tilt
Adams Street Partners has hired former Coller Capital principal Pinal Nicum as a Partner with its London-based secondary team.
Jeremy Coller of Coller Capital
After putting tough questions to the opening panel at the 2009 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum in Hong Kong, Jeremy Coller, CIO of Coller Capital, has the tables turned on him by AVCJ's Christina Kautzky.