Secondaries

The new finance chief was brought on following a review and upgrade of the firm’s finance systems.

More Indian GPs will look to secondaries exits to generate DPI before raising their next fund, panelists at the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s Asia Private Equity Forum 2025 said.

The firm is targeting €200m to invest in continuation vehicles.

The proposals, to be voted on in February, include the recategorisation of certain private equity assets, the removal of sub-asset class benchmarks and the implementation of new sub-asset class targets.

The office is the fifth in the Asia-Pacific region for the secondaries pioneer.

News of the sale follows the record-breaking close of Ardian’s latest secondaries flagship on $30bn.

While there is a strong sense of optimism as the secondaries market heads into a new year, there are pockets of uncertainty that could both help and hinder pockets of the asset class, as we discuss in this Second Thoughts podcast.

ASF IX raised capital from around 40 APAC LPs, compared with less than 10 in its predecessor, Greater China head Jason Yao tells Secondaries Investor.

Glouston Private Equity Opportunities VII closed on $558m, making it the firm’s largest vehicle to date.

Executives from Coller Capital, HSBC, Lazard, PJT Park Hill and more opine on likely drivers of dealflow in the region this year.