Axiom Asia Private Capital
Secondaries: Bifurcation point
More LP interests in Asian funds are coming onto the secondary market, but the region remains the industry’s future rather than its present. Which investors will be around to witness it coming to bloom?
AGCA, secondary investors buy CS legacy assets
Three years after Credit Suisse's Asia private equity team spun out, the assets they were tasked with managing have followed suit. Supported by HarbourVest Partners and Axiom Asia, Asia Growth Capital Advisors (AGCA) has acquired a portfolio of eight...
AGCA teams up with HarbourVest, Axiom to buy Credit Suisse PE assets
Asia Growth Capital Advisors (AGCA), which spun out from Credit Suisse’s private equity division in 2010, has acquired a portfolio of PE investments from its former parent, supported by HarbourVest Partners and Axiom Asia. Prior to the transaction,...
Q&A: Axiom Asia's Chihtsung Lam and Marc Lau
Chihtsung Lam (CL) and Marc Lau (ML), managing partner and partner, respectively, at Axiom Asia, discuss the relative merits of different markets in Southeast Asia and the fund strategies best suited to addressing them
ASEAN: The integration effect
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is gradually bringing the region’s economies closer together. Private equity investors stand to benefit but not all businesses are suited to cross-border expansion
Axiom closes third fund in just four months
Regional fund-of-funds player Axiom Asia says that strong investor demand for fund three, despite a difficult fundraising environment, is an endorsement of the firm’s consistent approach
Axiom closes third Asia fund at $1.15b - update
Axiom Asia Private Capital, Singapore-headquartered independent fund-of-funds manager, has closed its third Asia fund at $1.15 billion.
Axiom raises $1b for third Asia fund-of-funds
Singapore-headquartered independent fund-of-funds manager Axiom Asia Private Capital has reportedly raised more than $1 billion for its third fund.
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?
NewQuest hires Lung-Chi Lee as general counsel
NewQuest Capital Partners, the Hong Kong-based PE firm spun out from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) last year, has hired Lung-Chi Lee as general counsel.
Secondaries: The direct approach
The product of a secondary investment itself, Bank of America Merrill Lynch spinout NewQuest Capital has now set out its stall as Asia’s first direct secondary fund
Secondaries in Asia: Small beginnings
Global secondary investors are opening offices and forging relations in Asia, waiting for the trickle of deals to evolve into a healthy flow
Tech-, clean energy-focused IPV closes second fund above target
Chinese venture firm IPV Capital has completed the close of its second technology- and cleantech-focused fund at $125 million, above its intended target.
NewQuest, backed by PE consortium, acquires BoaML Asia’s non-real estate assets
A newly launched fund managed by NewQuest Capital Partners, backed by a consortium consisting of Paul Capital, HarbourVest Partners, LGT Capital Partners and Axiom Asia, has acquired “substantially all” of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BoaML)...
GP/LP Faceoff: Investing Indonesia
AVCJ spoke to four prominent GPs and LPs to ascertain their real thoughts on investments into Indonesia.
Secondaries show Asia’s maturity?
Secondary fund transaction volumes are one indicator of the scale and maturity of a region’s private equity industry.
Consortium to invest $279.5 million into Tangshan Jidong Cement
A consortium of investors including Singapore's GIC, New Horizon, and US multi-strategy firm Siguler Guff,plans to invest more than RMB1.9 billion ($279.5 million) into Tangshan Jidong Cement Co., a PRC cement business, to take a 10% stake in the Shenzhen-listed...
Axiom closes Fund II ahead on $950 million
Excess interest post-crisis shows Asia, brand appeal