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ESG reporting pressures pile on GPs, LPs – AVCJ Forum

Rising compliance standards and COVID-19 have heightened the need for detailed reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, LPs told the AVCJ ESG Forum.

  • LPs
  • 17 November 2020
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China guidance funds: Money monsters

Government guidance funds are the policy-driven big beasts in China’s renminbi-fundraising landscape. While GPs may have little choice but to engage, they can do so judiciously

  • Greater China
  • 21 October 2020
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LPs see decoupling as bigger issue than delisting - AVCJ Forum

The long-term implications of US-China decoupling are of greater concern than the prospect of Chinese companies being forced to delist from US stock exchanges, LPs told the AVCJ China Forum.

  • Greater China
  • 21 September 2020
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China apps going global: Empires on hold

China’s data-driven consumer apps are having a harder time keeping politics out of business as they become increasingly competitive in global markets. Lessons are plentiful; solutions are not

  • Greater China
  • 10 September 2020
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China due diligence: Nightmare scenarios

Luckin Coffee’s precipitous rise and fall is a reminder of longstanding issues around corporate fraud in China. Failing to spot problems before they emerge remains a key concern for PE investors

  • Greater China
  • 09 September 2020
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Q&A: Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Anson Law

Hong Kong’s updated limited partnership ordinance came into force this week. Anson Law, a senior manager for market development at Hong Kong Monetary Authority, explains why it’s important for the territory

  • Greater China
  • 02 September 2020
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China expands registration-based IPO system to ChiNext

Registration-based IPOs - which rely on information disclosures rather than regulatory approvals - have arrived on Shenzhen's ChiNext board following a successful trial on the Shanghai Star Market.

  • Greater China
  • 25 August 2020
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US-China tensions worry tech investors - M&A Forum

Asia technology investors warned that an escalation in US-China tensions that impedes the development of start-ups will ultimately cost end-consumers as well as public market investors.

  • Greater China
  • 21 August 2020
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India-China-US: Byte back

Historically a neutral power, India appears to be siding with the US in a multi-faceted war with China. This could have far-reaching consequences for VC investors and the technology ecosystem

  • South Asia
  • 19 August 2020
LPs & climate change risk: Numbers game

With more information at their fingertips, institutional investors are better positioned to understand and act on climate risks and opportunities in their portfolios. But private markets are still playing catchup

  • LPs
  • 07 August 2020
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Q&A: PAI Partners' Cornelia Gomez

Cornelia Gomez, head of ESG and sustainability at PAI Partners and global coordinator for the International Climate Initiative, discusses carbon footprinting, scenario analysis, and regulation

  • Europe
  • 05 August 2020
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GPs & climate change risk: Material matters

Climate change risk is becoming a broader debate within private equity, taking in the long-term impact of floods, droughts, and fires on portfolios. Most GPs have yet to turn thought into action

  • Greater China
  • 05 August 2020
Microsoft seeks to acquire TikTok assets from China's ByteDance

Microsoft Corporation wants to continue discussions over the purchase of the US operation of TikTok from PE-backed Chinese technology giant ByteDance amid threats from US President Donald Trump to ban the short video platform.

  • Greater China
  • 03 August 2020
India looks to expand scope of Chinese app ban

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps - saying they are clones of earlier outlawed products - and there are expectations that the crackdown could extend even further.

  • South Asia
  • 28 July 2020
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Chinese insurers to invest more in equities

Chinese insurance companies will be allowed to increase their equities exposure to up to 45% of total assets - a move that is expected to benefit private equity.

  • Greater China
  • 22 July 2020
Luckin's chairman, PE backers removed from board

The chairman and largest shareholder in scandal-hit Chinese coffee shop chain Luckin Coffee has been removed at the second attempt. Representatives of several of the company’s private equity backers have also left the board.

  • Greater China
  • 15 July 2020
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Hong Kong vs Singapore: Onshore overtures

Hong Kong and Singapore both position themselves as the headquarters of choice for private equity firms in Asia. But the competitive dynamics – from politics to structures – are not straightforward

  • Greater China
  • 15 July 2020
Lawmakers endorse Hong Kong's fund domicile ambitions

Hong Kong’s updated limited partnership legislation has passed into law, giving private equity and venture capital managers the option of domiciling their funds in the territory.

  • Regulation
  • 13 July 2020
China IPOs: Star attraction

Having previously focused on offshore IPOs, China managers with US dollar funds are now considering the Star Market. But going onshore means more regulation as well as high valuations

  • Greater China
  • 09 July 2020
Investigation confirms fraud at China's Luckin Coffee

Private equity-backed Chinese coffee shop chain Luckin Coffee has confirmed earlier suspicions of large-scale financial fraud in its operations, while a proposal to remove the company’s chairman failed to receive enough shareholder support.

  • Greater China
  • 06 July 2020
Chinese IPOs: One less option

Will Chinese companies listed in the US become the latest casualties of tensions between the two countries? It could lead to a narrowing in IPO exit options for PE and VC investors

  • Greater China
  • 22 June 2020
Foreign investment restrictions: Looking inward

China is the implied threat as governments look to protect vulnerable domestic companies from foreign corporate raiders. On balance, PE investors are unlikely to benefit from moves towards de-globalization

  • Australasia
  • 15 June 2020
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Korea commits $1.7b to start-up ecosystem

Korea has committed KRW2.1 trillion ($1.7 billion) to local start-ups in biotechnology and non-contact technologies as part of a KRW5.8 trillion private sector COVID-19 recovery agenda.

  • North Asia
  • 12 June 2020
Singapore fintech launches SME exchange in Cambodia

PLMP Venture Capital (PLMP VC), an investor affiliated with a Singaporean financial technology firm, has launched a local exchange for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 03 June 2020
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