Clare Burrows

LP appetite will continue its shift toward more sector-specific offerings, according to Javad Movsoumov, executive director of UBS private funds group in Singapore.

Global firms are moving in, regional firms are investing, and valuations may go higher.

The Southeast Asian infrastructure fund has blown through its target, attracting institutional investors worldwide.

The Carlyle Group, FountainVest Partners and CITIC Capital will take the US-listed Chinese company private in China’s largest ever leveraged buyout.

Gaby Abdelnour will join the global buyout fund as a senior advisor six months after retiring as JPMorgan’s Asia Pacific chairman and chief executive.

The MENA-based private equity firm has sold its holding in the Thai restaurant chain, completing another successful exit via IPO in Southeast Asia this year.

A number of institutional investors around the world have shifted their private equity allocations within Asia Pacific, with many leaving India out of their mandates.

The global asset manager has acquired Tongda Group, a plastic moulding firm using capital from its latest $300m emerging markets fund.

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has taken a 20% direct stake in Godrej Agrovet, its second investment in the Godrej Group this year.

The global firm has exited its majority stake in Chimney Co, listing the restaurant chain operator on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.