Asia-Pacific

Though comparatively small, the roughly $160m institution has a whopping 90% allocation to alternative investments.

We totted up the Private Debt Investor Awards handed out since 2013 to decide the asset class’s most successful managers over the past 10 years.

All eyes are on Chinese pensions to see if they follow the lead of Korean and Japanese LPs

Private credit looks set to become an ever-more important feature of Asian capital markets over the next decade as banks retreat from corporate lending, say Huatai International’s Ryan Chung and Isaac Wong.

Ben Chan, head of Asia-Pacific, and Raju Ruparelia, who led direct investments for APAC, are both departing the Canadian pension giant, affiliate title PEI has learned.

Last week saw the Fairmont Singapore play host to our 2023 APAC Forum, with a record number of delegates keen to discuss the growth of private debt in the region.

Turn to debt coincides with gain in favor among private assets generally.

The risk-adjusted returns in Australia’s emerging private debt sector consistently beat comparable investments in the more sophisticated markets of Europe and the US, says Christian Brehm, CEO of FC Capital.

Direct lending is continuing to gain importance in the Asia-Pacific region.