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Asia

AVCJ at 30: Part One - The Early Days

Lewis Rutherfurd of Inter-Asia Venture Management, Brooks Zug of HarbourVest Partners, Dan Carroll of Brooklands Capital Strategies, and Piau-Voon Wang on how private equity got started in Asia

  • GPs
  • 20 November 2017
GPs should take more care when targeting family offices - AVCJ Forum

Family offices represent an attractive and flexible source of capital for private equity firms, but GPs could do more to ensure the opportunities they pitch are a good fit for their audience.

  • Fundraising
  • 17 November 2017
New opportunities breed new VCs in Asia – AVCJ Forum

A byproduct of Asia’s technology boom is the emergence of a new generation of GPs that have spun out from global venture capital players and internet companies, with a view to capturing opportunities presented by this fast-moving sector.

  • GPs
  • 16 November 2017
New opportunities breed new VCs in Asia – AVCJ Forum

A byproduct of Asia’s technology boom is the emergence of a new generation of GPs that have spun out from global venture capital players and internet companies, with a view to capturing opportunities presented by this fast-moving sector.

  • GPs
  • 16 November 2017
Tech, institutionalization drive change in Asia PE – AVCJ Forum

Asian investors must plan to negotiate a China-dominated deal landscape with increased attention to technology and institutionalization trends, according to industry participants at the AVCJ Forum.

  • Greater China
  • 15 November 2017
LPs sharpen focus on active investment in Asia – AVCJ Forum

LPs must engage GPs more carefully as they become increasingly active players in Asia’s rapidly evolving private equity space, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum.

  • Greater China
  • 15 November 2017
LPs demand integrated approach to ESG – AVCJ Forum

Private equity investors are focusing on policy implementation, team culture and transparency as environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices become an increasingly pervasive aspect of GP-LP negotiations.

  • LPs
  • 14 November 2017
Asian GPs seek consistency in ESG initiatives - AVCJ Forum

The focus for private equity firms in Asia has shifted from putting in place environment, social and governance (ESG) policies to implementing these policies across portfolios consistently and in ways that allow their impact to be measured.

  • GPs
  • 13 November 2017
A significant birthday

Among the various events that have contributed to the development of private equity in Asia over the 30 years since AVCJ was established, three stand out as particular game changers

  • Buyouts
  • 13 November 2017
Asia buyouts: The big get bigger

Asia’s pan-regional buyout players are raising ever larger funds and pursuing ever larger deals. Is there now more capital in this segment of the market than places to – sensibly – put it?

  • Buyouts
  • 12 November 2017
UK travel player gets $15m for Asia push

UK-based Airbnb management company Hostmaker has received a $15 million round led by Hong Kong private equity firm Gaw Capital and Thailand real estate developer Sansiri for an Asian expansion.

  • Europe
  • 12 November 2017
Fintech funds: Treasuries apart

Investment strategies targeted exclusively at the convergence of financial services and technology have become commonplace. As competition picks up, success will depend on adopting skills and a global view

  • Greater China
  • 10 November 2017
Q&A: Brooklands Capital Strategies' Dan Carroll

Dan Carroll, a founding partner at Brooklands Capital Strategies, cut his teeth with H&Q Asia Pacific and then helped build Newbridge Capital. He told AVCJ how private equity forced its way into the mainstream

  • Greater China
  • 09 November 2017
Healthcare funds: Repeat prescription

An assortment of healthcare-focused GPs – most of them in China – have emerged to leverage rising domestic consumption and nascent medical innovation. Does domain expertise mean better deal access?

  • Greater China
  • 09 November 2017
Q&A: HarbourVest Partners' Brooks Zug

Brooks Zug, founder and senior managing director at HarbourVest Partners, was among the first institutional LPs to invest in Asian private equity. He spoke to AVCJ about the evolution of the industry

  • Fund-of-funds
  • 09 November 2017
Sector funds: Special forces
Sector funds: Special forces

The proliferation of fund managers targeting relatively focused investment segments signals a new maturity in Asian private equity. The trend will evolve in step with regional markets

  • Growth
  • 09 November 2017
UK fintech player gets $280m for Asia push

UK-based fintech company TransferWise has raised a $280 million round led by IVP and Old Mutual Global Investors as part of an expansion in Asia Pacific and Latin America.

  • Europe
  • 06 November 2017
GA hires ex-Actis Asia IR head to spur capital partnering

General Atlantic (GA) has hired Pamela Fang, formerly head of Actis' investor development group in Asia, as a managing director to lead its capital partnering efforts in Asia.

  • People
  • 06 November 2017
Standard Chartered Private Equity revives spin-out plan

Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) has relaunched an effort – which failed to get traction with the bank last year – to spin-out its team and the remaining $1 billion in PE assets on its balance sheet into an independent entity.

  • GPs
  • 02 November 2017
Asian LPs and infrastructure: Rousing the giants
Asian LPs and infrastructure: Rousing the giants

Infrastructure is shedding its reputation for being a sleepy sector as Asian investors join a global surge of interest in the asset class. Strategic angling for the best deals will now require a more nimble approach

  • North America
  • 01 November 2017
Q&A: Samena Capital's Shirish Saraf

With its focus on Asia and the Middle East and a roster of big-name owner-shareholders, Samena Capital is a GP with a difference. Shirish Saraf, the firm’s founder and vice chairman, explains the strategy

  • South Asia
  • 01 November 2017
Carlyle makes $4.5b first close on Asia buyout fund

The Carlyle Group has achieved a first close of more than $4.5 billion on its fifth Asia buyout fund. The vehicle launched earlier this year with an initial target of $5 billion.

  • Fundraising
  • 01 November 2017
Hong Kong's Klook gets $60m Series C

Sequoia Capital China, Goldman Sachs and Matrix Partners have co-led a $60 million Series C funding round for Hong Kong-based travel services company Klook.

  • Greater China
  • 26 October 2017
AVCJ Awards 2017 - voting has closed

Voting for the 2017 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards has now closed. Many thanks to all those who participated.

  • Performance
  • 11 October 2017
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