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Q&A: Mubadala’s Luca Molinari

An Abu Dhabi-headquartered sovereign investor Mubadala has a USD 276bn portfolio with interests across six continents. Luca Molinari, who leads Asia direct investments, outlines the regional strategy

  • MENA
  • 08 November 2023
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Asia’s LP landscape: North to south

Pools of institutional – and less institutional – capital in Asia are deepening, but it remains a multi-speed market with some investors just beginning their alternatives journey and others achieving maturity

  • LPs
  • 08 November 2023
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Asia GPs fear LP portfolio concentration - survey

Large LPs concentrating their GP relationships is comfortably the biggest fundraising challenge facing private equity firms in Asia Pacific, according to a survey featured in the latest edition of Dechert’s global private equity report.

  • Fundraising
  • 07 November 2023
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Money train: Raising capital out of Asia

Fundraising difficulties at home are prompting some US and European GPs to target Asian capital pools that they previously overlooked. It requires patience and persistence

  • North America
  • 01 November 2023
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LP interview: Australia’s QIC

As QIC’s PE programme tilts toward earlier stages, legacy assets have counterbalanced macro turbulence in tech. More direct investment is desired, but funds are still of interest, especially in Europe

  • Australasia
  • 01 November 2023
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Pantheon opens Singapore office

Pantheon has opened an office in Singapore, expanding an Asian footprint that already includes bases in Hong Kong, Seoul, and Tokyo.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 26 October 2023
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LPACs: Conflicts and complexity

The combination of a maturing Asian private equity landscape and a fast-emerging continuation fund opportunity is placing greater emphasis on the role of the LP advisory committee

  • GPs
  • 18 October 2023
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Emerging LPs: Fingers in every pie

As more institutional investors dip their toes into private equity for the first time, managers must understand their motivations. Frontier sovereign wealth funds are an enticing wildcard

  • Greater China
  • 11 October 2023
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LP interview: Koda Capital

Australian wealth management platform Koda Capital eschews mainstream private equity in favour of more obscure alternatives, but what the firm really wants are managers that understand its needs

  • Australasia
  • 11 October 2023
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LPs favour co-invest, secondaries as allocation appetite warms - survey

LPs are more willing to allocate to private markets strategies compared to a year ago, although co-investment and secondaries are prioritized over buyout and venture, according to a global survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM).

  • LPs
  • 28 September 2023
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ESG backlash: Turbulent tailwinds

The strong momentum behind sustainable and responsible investment policies globally has begun to ruffle feathers in the US. Asian private equity should recognise this as a relevant warning

  • North America
  • 27 September 2023
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Family offices: A role for Hong Kong?

Hong Kong’s package of incentives for family offices is intended to redress a balance that has swung in favour of Singapore. Geopolitics is dampening its competitive advantages

  • LPs
  • 20 September 2023
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LPs call for discipline on valuations, exits from China GPs - AVCJ Forum

Some LPs have increased their return expectations for Chinese private equity, and they are calling on local managers to be more disciplined on entry valuations and more tenacious on exits in the hope that these higher thresholds can be met.

  • Greater China
  • 15 September 2023
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Vertex raises $541m for Southeast Asia, India

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI), an early-stage investor affiliated with Temasek Holdings-owned Vertex Holdings, has closed its fifth fund with USD 541m in commitments.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 September 2023
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Juan Delgado-Moreira named co-CEO of Hamilton Lane

Juan Delgado-Moreira, currently a Hong Kong-based vice chair at private markets specialist Hamilton Lane, has been promoted to co-CEO of the firm.

  • LPs
  • 13 September 2023
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Indonesia VC: Institutional upgrade?

Having won early support from as assortment of local conglomerates, Indonesian venture capital firms must now demonstrate their independence when pitching international LPs

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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Fund focus: Forebright relies on its domain expertise

LP allocations to China funds are limited in number and hotly contested. Forebright Capital closed its latest vehicle by emphasising its track record in advanced manufacturing and enterprise software

  • Greater China
  • 30 August 2023
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China secondaries: Willing sellers?

Few, if any, LPs are so desperate to divest China exposure that they will sell fund positions at any price. The main sticking point for secondary transactions is a disconnect on valuations

  • Greater China
  • 29 August 2023
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SEC votes through disclosure reforms for private funds

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new transparency rules for private equity managers requiring increased reporting, special terms disclosure, and annual fund audits.

  • North America
  • 24 August 2023
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LP interview: India’s Catamaran

Catamaran brings a global, tech-savvy approach to private equity that sets it apart from most Indian family offices. A strong historical focus on digital inclusion is now extending into manufacturing

  • South Asia
  • 22 August 2023
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Fund focus: Growtheum’s Southeast Asia breakthrough

Amit Kunal swapped a sovereign wealth fund for an independent shop at a time when fundraising was becoming difficult. Robust early deal flow helped Growtheum Capital Partners to its USD 567m final close

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 August 2023
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CVC passes $4.4b on latest Asia fundraise

CVC Capital Partners has hit the USD 4.45bn mark on its sixth pan-Asian fund, following a first close of USD 3.5bn at the end of last year.

  • Fundraising
  • 14 August 2023
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Australia's Future Fund appoints new CIO

Australia’s Future Fund has promoted Ben Samild to CIO, filling a vacancy created more than a year ago with the departure of Sue Brake.

  • Australasia
  • 07 August 2023
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PEP raises continuation fund for New Zealand's Up Education

Australia's Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has raised a single-asset continuation fund of approximately AUD 400m (USD 268m) for Up Education, a vocational education business it has held since 2015.

  • Australasia
  • 31 July 2023
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