Interview / People
VIDEO: Globis Capital Partners' Yoshito Hori
Yoshito Hori, managing partner of VC investor Globis Capital Partners, says that Japan is a prime market for venture investing given its talent and landscape for innovation. He stresses that - despite arguments to the contrary - Japan’s venture space...
VIDEO: CNEI's Xiaoyang Yu
Xiaoyang Yu, founding partner of growth-focused China New Enterprise Investment (CNEI), says that crowding and a lack of transparency are among the key challenges facing the private equity industry in China. She insists that, when it comes to due diligence,...
Q&A: Sanjiv Kapur of Wolfensohn India Advisors
Sanjiv Kapur, managing director of Wolfensohn India Advisors, explains how private equity firms can keep their investors and their investment professionals happy
Profile: Saratoga's Sandi Uno
Saratoga Capital’s founder Sandi Uno is passionate about his country’s growth and is looking for ways to invest for the greater good
Bill Owens: Of battle and boardrooms
Bill Owens was 18 when a TV show changed his life. Now the Asia chairman of AEA Investors, Owens was a teenager living on a farm in Bismarck, North Dakota, when he saw a program called The Men of Annapolis – a documentary on the US Naval Academy in Annapolis,...
VIDEO: Silver Lake's Glenn Hutchins
Glenn Hutchins, co-founder and co-CEO of global tech investor Silver Lake - who has been appointed director of the New York Federal Reserve - discusses the opportunities for tech investors and why it’s a good time for funds targeting mature companies...
In the market for Asia financials
Robert Morse quit his role CEO of Citigroup’s Asia Institutional Clients Group in 2008 to become managing director, chairman and co-CEO of Primus Financial Holdings. He discusses the perks and pitfalls of investing in the financial sector.
The international viewpoint
Mounir Guen, founder and CEO of private equity advisory MVision, speaks to AVCJ about the traps new investors fall into when making their first foray into Asia, and warns that chasing GDP won’t necessarily lead to returns.
Market truths with a smile
At the recent AVCJ Forum in Sydney, the Founder and Chairman of Principle Advisory Services Les Fallick spoke candidly about challenges, opportunities and why Australia’s “no bullsh*t” culture is good for investors
VIDEO: The World Bank's Ulrich Bartsch
Examining the short- and long-term prospects of Asia Pacific’s economy, Senior Economist Macro at the World Bank’s India Office Ulrich Bartsch tells AVCJ TV that markets’ future health will largely be determined by their young labor force, which may lead...
VIDEO: Clearwater Capital's Robert Petty
To critics who question the true existence of Asia's distressed asset category, Clearwater Capital's Managing Director Robert Petty suggests "looking at the reality of the statistics."
VIDEO: Adams Street Partner's T. Bondurant French
'Bon' French, CEO of Adams Street Partners, discusses Asia's role in the global LP's allocation strategy, and why his opinion on megafund investing has changed.
Investing without rose-tinted glasses
The CEO of global LP Adams Street Partners T. Bondurant French sits down with AVCJ to discuss allocation strategies, the PE industry’s challenges and how his wariness of global mega funds paid off post-crisis.
The Pragmatist
The Global Head of the Private Equity & Hedge Fund Groups for JP Morgan Asset Management spoke to AVCJ about the impact of US regulations on private equity in Asia, and how having a proper due diligence process saved the firm from regrets suffered by...
The restructuring expert
The Chairman of distressed debt investment giant Oaktree Capital spoke with AVCJ about market challenges, his firm’s relationship to private equity, and where the next wave of opportunities lie.
VIDEO: Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks
The difficulties surrounding Asian investing are shifting, making the territory as challenging to be involved in as compelling for Western funds, Howard Marks, Chairman of Oaktree Capital, tells AVCJ TV
Industry Q&A: Sanjay Nayar
Sanjay Nayar, CEO and Country Head for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in India talks about his approach to the Subcontinent, a market in which promoters, management and family are one and the same.
Industry Q&A: Anil Chawla, D.E. Shaw
Anil Chawla, India Country Head at D.E. Shaw, explains the firm’s nimble and flexible approach to investing in a market that requires in-depth knowledge and expertise.
Tech savvy
At the Intel Capital CEO Summit 2010 held last week in Huntington Beach, AVCJ sat down with the corporate VC’s senior executives - Arvind Sodhani, Keith Larson and Richard Hsu - to talk technology investing, emerging markets and what makes an investment-worthy...
Mezzanine Q&A: Joseph W. Ferrigno III
The Managing Partner at AMCG Investors talks about mezzanine after the crisis, new opportunities for deal flow, and why LPs should be looking to the asset class as a means of diversification.
Marcel Erni of Partners Group
The question of GPs’ long-term experience in Asia is among LPs’ biggest concerns, says Founder and Vice Chairman of Partners Group Marcel Erni, adding that funds are largely still looking to prove that their model can work in “difficult cycles.”
Liang Meng, DE Shaw & Co.
The Managing Director and CEO of the group’s Greater China business talks about the firm’s approach to private equity investing, stemming from its alternative investment pedigree.
Industry Q&A: Richard Pyvis
Richard Pyvis, Executive Chairman at CLSA Capital Partners, talks about CLSA’s approach to private equity, and its relationship to its parent brokerage and investment group.
Industry Q&A: Keith Larson, Intel Capital
Keith Larson, VP and MD for the Manufacturing Sector at Intel Capital, talks about how truly world-class technology, electronics and gadget companies are making Asia – all of Asia – the place to look for the next, best thing.