Industry
Asia fintech hubs: Head start
Singapore's move to strengthen its financial technology ecosystem underlines the importance of creating appropriate infrastructure and incentives for start-ups in the space
Family offices becoming more effective PE investors - AVCJ Forum
Family offices investing in Asia are improving their understanding of private equity and bringing increasingly sophisticated approaches to the asset class, industry professionals told the AVCJ Forum.
Large cap Asian LPs continue to prioritize co-investment - AVCJ Forum
Malaysia’s Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and Australia-based QIC differ markedly in terms of the maturity of their PE programs, but there is a common interest in establishing close ties to a limited number of GPs and pursuing co-investment.
Timeliness the key to value-add – AVCJ Forum
PE investors must focus on speed and forward planning when implementing strategies across team building, operational improvements and crisis management, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum in Hong Kong.
Australia's EMR closes latest mining fund at $860 million
Australian resources-focused PE investor EMR Capital has reached a final close of $860 million on its second mining fund, above the target of $750 million.
PE firms well placed for China cross-border deals - AVCJ Forum
Interest in cross-border transactions among Chinese strategic players is increasing, and PE firms have a number of crucial advantages in these situations, industry players told the AVCJ Forum in Hong Kong.
Investors weigh maneuvering options in response to global volatility – AVCJ Forum
Recent signs of global volatility have prompted PE investors to consider a divergence in business dynamics and economic trajectories between the US and Europe and Asia, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum.
China's CIC to step up overseas direct investments
Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC) plans to accelerate the pace of its overseas direct investments, with a view to supporting Chinese economic modernization.
GPs see the Asia risk premium narrowing - AVCJ Forum
Private equity investors still expect a risk premium in Asia, although given uncertainty in Western markets and the relative stability in Asia’s more mature economies, it is debatable how long the status quo will last, industry participants told the AVCJ...
Long Hill reaches $125m final close on debut fund
Shanghai-based venture capital firm Long Hill Capital Management, a spin-out from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), has closed its debut fund at $125 million.
India's IL&FS closes latest fund at $60m
IL&FS Investment Managers (IIML), the private equity arm of India's Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services, has reached a final close of $60 million on its latest growth fund.
Two wins apiece for Quadrant, PAG, Affinity at AVCJ Awards
Quadrant Private Equity and PAG Asia Capital secured two wins apiece at the 2016 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards, with the former taking the firm of the year and mid-cap fundraise prizes, while the latter was recognized in the deal of the...
New Zealand's Movac reaches $74.5m first close on tech fund
New Zealand venture capital firm Movac has achieved a first close on its fourth technology-focused fund with NZ$105 million ($74.5 million) in commitments.
Asian private equity: The state we're in
Based on current progress, Asia is unlikely to match the last year's fundraising, investment and exit totals in 2016. But the fundamentals that underpin most PE opportunities in the region are still there
Asia's LP landscape
Asia is increasingly a target for private equity firms on the fundraising trail, but the region’s LP base can be difficult to penetrate, with huge variations in size, appetite and sophistication
Singapore to ease regulations on start-ups as part of fintech push
Singapore is promising to provide venture capital firms with streamlined approval processes and tailored incentives as part of efforts to develop the fundraising landscape for local start-ups.
Japan's Future Venture Capital expands into US
Tokyo-listed VC firm Future Venture Capital (FVC) has entered the US market, establishing a presence in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Blackstone pulls out of SE Asia energy platform
The Blackstone Group has terminated an $800 million commitment to develop oil and gas assets in Southeast Asia with Malaysia-based Tamarind Energy.
Q&A: CDH Investments' Shangzhi Wu
Shangzhi Wu, chairman of CDH Investments, discusses China’s slowing economy, the gems to be found in the middle market, cross-border opportunities, and making a multi-strategy firm institutionalized
Chinese LPs: Untapped potential
Still at an early stage of its development, China’s LP community has minimal exposure to offshore private equity. Institutions with big checkbooks aren’t necessarily the fastest movers
Tech & government: Living laboratories
As governments of Southeast Asia’s emerging economies look to create more workable VC policy environments, start-ups and investors have proliferated across a patchwork of imperfect systems
Tech & government: 20 years of early days
Since the dawn of the internet in the mid-1990s spurred a global rebalancing of economic power, Asia’s newest VC heavyweights have raised questions as to how this technology-driven shift will be governed
Q&A: Japan Post Bank's Tokihiko Shimizu
Japan Post Bank, which has $2 trillion in assets, launched its alternatives division earlier this year. Tokihiko Shimizu, head of private markets investment, discusses where and how the group is likely to invest
Transition time: Succession planning in private equity
Asian GPs face increased scrutiny on succession planning as LPs seek to distinguish franchises that are sustainable from those that are not. For some founders, sharing economics and power isn’t easy