Asia Alternatives Management
Fund-of-funds: Bespoke solutions
Reports of the death of fund-of-funds in Asia are greatly exaggerated – but all industry participants are diversifying their product offerings to meet specific client demands. Is it still primarily a scale game?
Japan fundraising: Sink or swim?
Investor sentiment is gradually turning on Japan. The big buyout funds must convince LPs there is sufficient deal flow in their portion of the market; the smaller players must figure out how to talk to foreign LPs
Moogwi Kim leaves Asia Alternatives
Moogwi Kim, an investment associate at fund-of-funds Asia Alternatives, has left the company. He plans to spend a year studying in France and Singapore before returning to the market in 2014.
Asia Alternatives’ Alexa Zhang joins Wilshire
Investment consultancy Wilshire Private Markets has appointed Alexa Zhang as managing director, with responsibility for the firm’s Hong Kong office. Zhang joins from fund-of-funds Asia Alternatives where she served as a director, focusing on Greater...
China’s fund-of-funds experiment
China has started to witness the emergence of renminbi-denominated fund-of-funds, but only a few institutional and individual investors appreciate their investment philosophy
Asia Alternatives raises $1.5b, closes third fund
Asia Alternatives has raised $1.5 billion to invest in private equity and venture capital across Asia. The corpus is divided between $908 million for its Asia Alternatives Capital Partners III vehicle and another $600 million in separate accounts. This...
PennSERS commits $50m to Asia Alternatives’ third fund
The Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System (PennSERS) has committed $50 million to Asia Alternatives' third fund-of-funds, which was launched early last year with a target of $1 billion. As of September 2011, it had attracted $375 million,...
Asian fund-of-funds: In the balance
Do Asian fund-of-funds have the scale and selling points to survive in an increasingly complex and competitive market?
Composition Partners strengthens Hong Kong team
Amsterdam-based investment manager Composition Capital Partners has relocated Roderik Mulder, CFO and chief risk officer, to Hong Kong as part of wider efforts to expand its Asian operations.
Asian funds: arithmetic or geometry?
With Asia growing in size, scale and industry importance, what do the funds of the future look like?
CalPERS PE data highlights MOR Asia
Asia on global par, later vintages lag
Hu move highlights Goldman’s role
Mooted new fund follows Hopu, Mount Kellett
Rebecca Xu of Asia Alternatives on China
Rebecca Xu, one of the three co-founding MDs of independent fund of funds Asia Alternatives Management, describes her firm's edge in the PRC market and her assessment of the opportunities and developments there.