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LP interview: Escala Partners

Escala Partners is one of a cluster of Australia-based wealth management platforms attracting more attention from private equity fundraisers. Getting on its approved list requires push as well as pull

  • Australasia
  • 30 May 2023
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BII backs Southeast Asia energy transition fund

British International Investment (BII), a UK development finance institution (DFI), has committed USD 15m to a Southeast Asia-focused energy transition infrastructure fund managed by Switzerland-based Susi Partners.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 May 2023
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Japan Post Bank sees sharp increase in PE exposure

Japan Post Bank’s (JPB) private equity funds exposure increased 75% to JPY 5.6trn (USD 40.4bn) in the most recent financial year, which it said was largely driven by a change in accounting standards.

  • North Asia
  • 19 May 2023
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Global LPs steer clear of China - Mergermarket Forum

Geopolitical uncertainty is making global institutional investors increasingly risk-off on Asian private equity – and on China in particular – at a time when overallocation issues are already restraining the pace of commitments to the asset class.

  • Greater China
  • 12 May 2023
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QIA recruits Asia-focused portfolio manager from CPPIB

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has recruited Nicholas Low, previously an Asia-focused investment professional at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), to work on its global venture and growth funds platform.

  • People
  • 09 May 2023
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NZ Super CEO resigns

Matt Whineray, who has served as CEO of New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) since mid-2018, will depart at the end of the year.

  • Australasia
  • 03 May 2023
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Fund focus: Aquilius targets Asia’s secondaries gap

Aquilius Investment Partners, a real estate secondaries investor, is tracking significant, opportunistic private equity deal flow in the current exit malaise. Diversification is the theme of the maiden fund

  • Secondaries
  • 26 April 2023
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LP interview: Stafford Capital Partners

Founded in Australia, Stafford Capital Partners evolved into a global asset manager focused on timberland and infrastructure secondaries and PE co-investment. ESG is a rising client priority

  • Australasia
  • 26 April 2023
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L'Oreal commits to DSG's latest India, Southeast Asia fund

DSG Consumer Partners, an early-stage consumer sector investor in India and Southeast Asia, has signed up French cosmetics giant L’Oreal as an LP in its fourth fund.

  • Consumer
  • 21 April 2023
Australia's Future Fund recruits ex-Carlyle dealmaker as PE head

Future Fund has recruited David Bluff, who stepped down last year as The Carlyle Group’s Australia and New Zealand buyout head, to lead its private equity investment programme.

  • Australasia
  • 20 April 2023
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Asia fundraising: To the grindstone

As macro uncertainties add red tape to fundraising processes and oblige some managers to operate on a deal-by-deal basis, the improvisational, survivalist nature of Asian private equity is on display

  • Fundraising
  • 19 April 2023
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Collyer seeks $100m for Southeast Asia fund-of-funds

Collyer Capital, a Singapore-based investment firm co-founded by Eric Marchand, formerly of Unigestion and Campbell Lutyens, is looking to raise around USD 100m for a Southeast Asia-focused fund-of-funds.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 April 2023
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Gulf gambit: Asia GPs court Middle East LPs

As the Middle East becomes a focal point for private equity fundraising globally, Asia-based managers hope that macro trends work in their favour. Being the right size and the right strategic fit also helps

  • MENA
  • 04 April 2023
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OMERS appoints Asia Pacific head

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has appointed Ashish Goyal, who leads its capital markets activities in Asia, to the newly created role of executive vice president and head of Asia Pacific.

  • LPs
  • 30 March 2023
Asian institutional players target higher private markets allocations

Four in five institutional investors in Asia Pacific plan to increase their allocations to private markets in the next five years despite some facing near-term denominator effect challenges because of declines in public markets, according to a survey...

  • LPs
  • 27 March 2023
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Partners Group hires Greater China fundraisers

Partners Group has added fundraising bandwidth in Greater China, recruiting Jin Wang as a managing director responsible for institutional coverage and making two private wealth hires.

  • Greater China
  • 21 March 2023
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GPs double down on value creation to maintain returns - AVCJ Forum

Private equity investors must find more operational levers to pull as LPs seek the same if not higher returns from the asset class despite more challenging economic conditions.

  • Australasia
  • 17 March 2023
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Australian HNWIs want more PE exposure, but obstacles remain - AVCJ Forum

Private equity may not be proven in the eyes of Australia’s high net worth investors, most of whom haven’t been exposed to the asset class across multiple cycles, but it earned wider recognition last year as public equities and fixed income struggled.

  • Australasia
  • 16 March 2023
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LP interview: North East Private Equity Asia

Seven years ago, Sam Robinson was invited to build a European family office’s Asia private equity portfolio from the ground up. He favoured familiar faces in the small to mid-cap space

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 March 2023
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BPEA EQT hits first close on mid-market fund, seals debut deal

BPEA EQT – which was formed through the merger of Baring Private Equity Asia and EQT – achieved a first close on its pan-regional mid-cap fund at the end of last year and the vehicle recently completed its debut investment in a Malaysia-headquartered...

  • Fundraising
  • 14 March 2023
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Australian GPs look to retain spirit of entrepreneurship - AVCJ Forum

The combination of personalities and skillsets that characterised the first generation of Australian private equity is unlikely to be repeated, but GPs are still looking for ways to capture elements of entrepreneurialism even as the industry becomes more...

  • Australasia
  • 13 March 2023
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Adams Street establishes Australia presence

Adams Street Partners has opened an office in Sydney, which will be led by Shaun Thomas, an investor relations principal who joined the firm last November.

  • Australasia
  • 13 March 2023
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Australian LPs get tough on unlisted valuations - AVCJ Forum

Australian LPs are facing more scrutiny as to how they value unlisted assets, prompting several superannuation funds to establish independent valuation teams that operate separately from private equity investment professionals.

  • Australasia
  • 10 March 2023
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Xiaomi hits $1.3b second close on semiconductor fund

Xiaomi Private Equity Fund Management, a unit of Chinese smart phone maker Xiaomi, has achieved a second close of CNY 9bn (USD 1.29bn) on a semiconductor fund targeting CNY 10bn.

  • Fundraising
  • 08 March 2023
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