Alternative Investment Capital
Japan's WM, AIC launch secondary fund targeting LP stakes
WM Partners and Alternative Investment Capital (AIC) are looking to raise a JPY10 billion ($88 million) secondary fund that will primarily target LP positions in Japan-focused private equity funds.
Japanese LPs: Stirring giants
Japan’s LP landscape is in a state of flux as several large-scale investors ramp up their alternatives programs. The industry must prepare itself, in terms of personnel, structures, and expectations
Japan's AIC appoints Yasufumi Hirao as CEO
Japanese fund-of-funds Alternative investment Capital (AIC) has appointed Yasufumi Hirao as its new president and CEO.
Samena Capital launches $700m special situations fund
Samena Capital has launched its second special situations fund with a target of $700 million. The company – whose name derives from the regions in which it invests: subcontinent, Asia, Middle East and North Africa – has already received commitments...
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.
Capital Dynamics hires former AIC CEO Kobayashi as MD to head new Tokyo office
Capital Dynamics, the Switzerland-based alternative investment group, has appointed Kazushige Kobayashi, previously president and CEO of Japan's Alternative Investment Capital (AIC), engaged in funds-of-funds, as an MD to head its new Tokyo office.