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Portfolio: MSPEA and Korres

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia helped ethical Greek cosmetics maker Korres beef up an underweight international presence with a plan that will see China become the main growth engine

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2021
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Buyouts in 2021: Winners and losers

Asia could prove to be a deal-rich market in 2021, but buyout investors are still figuring out the long-term implications of COVID-19 for companies that cater to changing consumer demands

  • Greater China
  • 13 January 2021
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Diversity & inclusion: The right questions

With diversity and inclusion becoming a priority for institutional investors, GPs are being asked to demonstrate a willingness to take meaningful action. The challenge is often knowing where to start

  • GPs
  • 18 December 2020
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2020 in review: Surprise guest

The coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with Asian private equity, contributing to a resurgence in IPOs, increased bifurcation in fundraising, a rush for healthcare, and a generally staggered revival

  • Greater China
  • 17 December 2020
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China VC: The naming of firms

The process of coming up with a name for a venture capital firm in China can be fraught with challenges around linguistic and cultural differences as well as questions about brand and values

  • Greater China
  • 14 December 2020
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Portfolio: VIG Partners and Joun Life/Preed Life

By merging Joun Life with Preed Life, VIG Partners’ groundbreaking venture into Korean funeral services is reimagining an industry beyond its core ceremonies

  • North Asia
  • 10 December 2020
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Asia travel & hospitality: Ready to board?

The outlook for international tourism remains uncertain, but this hasn’t stopped some private equity and venture capital investors targeting travel and hospitality assets in Asia. It pays to be selective

  • Greater China
  • 09 December 2020
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Australia IPOs: Window of opportunity

Australian public market investors are famously unforgiving of private equity when IPOs fail to perform. The markets are open for business again, but how long will the golden period last?

  • Australasia
  • 04 December 2020
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The big C: China biotech start-ups get cutting edge on cancer

The evolution of cancer treatments in China is a bellwether for biotech development in the country and its capacity for genuine innovation. Most PE and VC investors aren’t shying away

  • Greater China
  • 02 December 2020
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Taiwan & tech tensions: Silicon island

Taiwan’s technology sector must play an awkward balancing game amid US-China tensions. This could be a surprisingly favorable position for opportunistic investment and global diversifications

  • Greater China
  • 25 November 2020
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Asset allocation: So long, silo?

The total portfolio approach remains on the margins of asset management. Advocates of the model hope LPs will reconsider as they look for alpha beyond the areas where they normally find it

  • LPs
  • 18 November 2020
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Virtual AGMs & IR: Close encounters

The technology is available to facilitate informal discussions at virtual AGMs, but do these solutions present an acceptable substitute for physical interaction, and do GPs and LPs want to use them?

  • Fundraising
  • 17 November 2020
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Virtual AGMs & IR: Up in the air

Private equity firms are still finding their feet with annual meetings that no longer take place on the ground. Like it or not, virtual engagement is set to become a larger part of investor relations from now on

  • Fundraising
  • 16 November 2020
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Asia consumer & brands: Mark tank

Local consumer brands in developing Asian markets are beginning to displace established global players. Investors are supporting the uprising and contemplating global breakouts of their own

  • Greater China
  • 13 November 2020
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Asia consumer & technology: Multifarious merchants

Technology is changing the way consumers interact with retailers both concrete and virtual. Ramping up the sociability factor has become a priority amid increasingly pervasive mechanization

  • Greater China
  • 12 November 2020
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Asia consumer: Sale of the century

The traditionally slow-changing retail sector received an unexpected incentive to smarten up quickly this year. When the dust settles, shopping will never be the same again

  • Greater China
  • 12 November 2020
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Model behavior: China to Southeast Asia tech transplants

Plenty of internet start-ups in Southeast Asia have been inspired by Chinese forebears, but transplanting ideas from one market to another is often fraught with complications

  • Greater China
  • 04 November 2020
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Portfolio: Archipelago Capital Partners and Timuraya Tunggal

Archipelago Capital Partners is playing a subtle but foundational role in Indonesia’s ongoing industrialization by taking the helm of longstanding chemicals producer Timuraya Tunggal

  • Southeast Asia
  • 30 October 2020
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China apartment rental start-ups: In arrears

There were doubts about the viability of long-term property rental platforms in China before COVID-19. Post-pandemic regulation is creating further problems

  • Greater China
  • 29 October 2020
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Japan fundraising: Middle-market machine

Buoyed by strong macro fundamentals and robust returns, Japan’s buyout managers continue to attract capital while most other strategies across Asia struggle. Will this popularity be sustained?

  • North Asia
  • 28 October 2020
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Southeast Asia start-ups: Trials of leadership

COVID-19 has forced start-ups founders in Southeast Asia – many of whom have never experienced a crisis before – to make tough decisions. For investors, it represents a key test of management credentials

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 October 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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3Q analysis: Guarded reengagement

Fundraising focus shifts to China venture, but it’s the same polarization story; upturn in trade and secondary sales suggests the COVID-19 freeze is thawing; healthcare retains its investment appeal

  • Fundraising
  • 14 October 2020
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Alternative fund structures: Alternate universe

Irregular fund structures, including single-asset platforms, are often the most appropriate inroad for investors in developing Asia. But it has taken a pandemic to bring them to the fore

  • Fundraising
  • 14 October 2020
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