Asia-Pacific

‘Intellectual attention’ diverted elsewhere behind APAC’s sluggish secondaries growth

The utilisation of SPACs and manager consolidation had detracted the region’s attention away from the secondaries market, Jefferies’s head of Asia financial sponsors Lars Aagaard argues.

5 key trends in the LP-GP secondaries dynamic

The secondaries market has been breaking records. In Orlando, PEI Group editors sat down with industry attendees for a series of video interviews to discuss the key trends shaping the market.

The opportunity surrounding uncertainty

In the latest edition of our Second Thoughts podcast, Pomona’s chief executive Michael Granoff and Proskauer partner Galen Lewis discuss what’s driving LPs to the secondaries market and how uncertainty is impacting investment decisions.

Over half of LPs seek to buy and sell LP-led positions on the secondaries market – Coller

Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Capital Barometer also found that over a third of LPs plan to increase their commitments to secondaries over the next 12 months.

Kirkland to lose PE funds duo in Hong Kong

Jamie Hill and Michelle Cheh are both 10-year veterans of the firm.

Malaysia’s Khazanah mulls $1bn-plus portfolio sale

Khazanah joins a number of APAC sellers this year, with Malaysia’s EPF and China Investment Corp also looking to offload portfolios.

CVs offer lower return dispersion compared with buyout funds – Evercore

A report by the investment bank and the HEC School of Management in Paris has reaffirmed findings that continuation funds perform largely in line with buyout funds with less risk.

Around half of buyers expect increased deployment in 2025 amid volatility – Lazard

A large portion of secondaries investors expect to increase ticket sizes this year, according to a snapshot report.

DC Advisory Paris exec no longer with firm

The investment banking arm of Japanese financial services conglomerate Daiwa Securities Group previously said it was shutting its France office.

The path to third-party capital via secondaries

French banking giant Natixis and its affiliate Flexstone see the secondaries market as a potential way to grow third-party capital.