Asia-Pacific

Hillhouse’s most recent Form ADV filing with the SEC named Singapore as the firm’s principal place of business, with prior editions instead listing Hong Kong.

Fundraising bounced back in the second quarter to end H1 only just below the total seen in the same period last year.

NAV’s inherent synergies with secondaries means the strategy is gaining significant traction among East Asian LPs.

LPs at PDI’s Tokyo Forum on 27 June outlined their expectations around transparency, tax structuring, reporting and GP ownership.

The largest real estate debt managers once again outperformed in a nightmare year for real estate fundraising.

The deal with Japan’s Nikko Asset Management is expected to significantly increase Tikehau’s presence in Asia.

Demand for private credit is growing in Asia and offers attractive risk-adjusted returns.

Tree Line’s ‘underwriting discipline’ attracted the insurance giant in its pursuit of exposure to mid-market direct lending.

The region may trail the US and Europe and still have a long way to go to develop a private debt market of heft but there are signs that investors and managers would do well to take a closer look at what it has to offer.

Raising capital from wealthy individuals requires ‘a lot of support, a lot of handholding, a lot of guidance, a lot of education’, senior managing director Alex Catterick tells PDI.