Interview
The fundraising success story
Baring Private Equity Asia ended a global slump on fundraising when it closed its fifth fund on $2.46 billion, 60% more than its predecessor, in less than six months. AVCJ speaks with the Managing Partner on the renewed institutional interest in Asian...
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."
The sector specialists
Middle market deals have been a sweet spot in for PE firms in Asia, but competition in is also intense in the U.S. Sector-specific knowledge could be the key to success, as AVCJ finds out from Tony de Nicola, Co-President of Welsh, Carson, Anderson &...
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.
Investing without rose-tinted glasses
The CEO of global LP Adams Street Partners, 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.
VIDEO: JP Morgan Asset Management's Lawrence Unrein
Lawrence Unrein, Global Head of JP Morgan Asset Management's Private Equity and Hedge Fund Groups, says that the global private equity industry learned a few lessons about its limits in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and discusses how the...
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...
Standard Chartered Private Equity's Charles Huh
Charles Huh, Director with Standard Chartered Private Equity, discusses the business of investing in Korea off the back of AVCJ’s analysis on the state of North Asia’s PE landscape.
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
VIDEO: PE leaders discuss the industry's challenges
In the lead-up to 2011, private equity leaders spoke to AVCJ about the biggest challenges they think the industry is facing, ranging from GP/LP relations to the wider economic environment
3i CEO Michael Queen talks infrastructure in India
Off the back of 3i Group’s announced $1.5 billion Indian infrastructure fund, CEO Michael Queen speaks candidly with AVCJ about the firm’s ramped-up allocation in India and why placing bets on infrastructure is the right move.
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: Bruno Raschle
Bruno E. Raschle, Executive Chairman at Zurich-based fund of funds Adveq Management, talks about Asia-focused trends among GPs, LPs and regulators, and what this implies for the future of the asset class in the region.
Patrick Alexander of Batavia Investment
Managing Partner of Batavia Investment Management Patrick Alexander says that now is a prime time to investment in Indonesia, because the market is now large enough to offer a range of opportunities, especially when it comes to mid-sized deals.
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.
Gary Stead of Shearwater Capital
Mezzanine’s role in Australia’s financing sector has grown in light of the economic crisis because, not only has it acted as an alternative to taking on senior debt – as banks became more stringent in their lending – but also to equity itself,...