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01 Apr Liechtenstein royal family-backed banking and asset management firm LGT says private equity has ‘good future’ in China

Posted at 07:00h in Asia

LGT Group, the world’s largest royal family-owned private banking and asset management group, sees private equity continuing to be attractive to high-net-worth clients, especially in China, where the public market has tumbled.While the value of private-equity deals in China dropped 58 per cent last year...

26 Mar Top PE firms Apollo, Partners Group, TPG, with solid core business, target alternative assets in Asia to ‘generate alpha’

Posted at 07:55h in Asia

Private equity giants operating in Asia are confident in their core business, but they are eyeing alternative assets such as private credit and infrastructure to generate better returns.As total deal value and fundraising in the Asia-Pacific private equity market slumped to the lowest in a...

24 Mar Asia-Pacific private equity deals stalled last year as slowing growth, high rates and volatile markets spooked investors: Bain

Posted at 23:00h in Asia

“2023 was a very turbulent year in the Asia-Pacific private equity market as it was in the European and North American markets as well,” Lachlan McMurdo, co-author of the report, said in an interview. Investors remained “especially cautious” about buying companies in mainland China, Hong...

13 Mar Southeast Asia’s digital economy drives private capital interest, but few exit deals threaten region’s attractiveness

Posted at 09:00h in Asia

The Southeast Asia market has become increasingly attractive for private capital investments in recent years, owing to the region’s economic growth and investors hedging against China amid geopolitical tensions, according to data service provider PitchBook.From 2015 to 2021, private capital deals that include private equity...

27 Feb Hong Kong ‘losing out’ to jurisdictions such as Singapore, should exempt private credit assets from tax: industry body

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

Hong Kong’s funds industry is calling for a profit tax exemption for private credit assets, as the city is failing to attract a booming business and is losing out to Singapore because of its existing tax regime.The Unified Fund Exemption (UFE) regime allows most private-equity...

22 Feb A Bathing Ape’s main shareholder CVC Capital closes its 6th and largest Asia fund, shrugging off global economic woes

Posted at 12:45h in Asia

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners said it has closed its sixth and largest Asia fund to date, shrugging off a challenging geopolitical and macroeconomic environment that has put a dent in fundraising and led many global fund managers to cut their exposure to the...

18 Feb Pacific Century Group downplays FWD stake sale, says IPO will come at ‘opportune time’

Posted at 14:17h in Asia

FWD Group Holdings, a Hong Kong-based insurance business controlled by billionaire Richard Li Tzar-kai, said Li would maintain his control of the company amid speculation it was considering a potential stake sale worth over US$10 billion after a delayed initial public offering (IPO).FWD’s parent company...

14 Feb Hong Kong’s talent base lends expertise to rapidly growing Asian private credit market, APLMA CEO says

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

Hong Kong’s sophisticated investor base is bringing lending expertise to Asia’s private credit market, giving further impetus to the rapidly growing asset class, according to the new head of the regional industry body, the Asia-Pacific Loan Market Association.The region’s assets under management in private credit...

11 Feb China to drive private market opportunities in Asia as healthcare, consumption offer pickings: HarbourVest

Posted at 07:00h in Asia

Private markets firm HarbourVest sees investment opportunities in Asia including China’s healthcare services and consumer industries, with the country’s declining demographics and uptick in retail spending lifting demand for related products.Trends like the reshuffling of global supply chains in the year ahead will also throw...

10 Jan China augmented reality start-up Rokid gets US$70 million in new funding round led by Hefei government

Posted at 14:01h in Asia

Chinese augmented reality (AR) technology firm Rokid has raised nearly half a billion yuan in its latest round of funding led by a local Chinese government, in a fresh indication of the backing from authorities for tech start-ups.Rokid said in a statement on Wednesday that...

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