MBK Partners

MBK's China portfolio posted a 45% gain last year, compared with 29% and 12% percent for Korea and Japan, respectively, founder Michael B Kim noted in a letter to LPs.

Buyout vehicle MBK Partners Fund VI has a regional focus on China, Japan and South Korea.

We gather thoughts from some of the industry's biggest private equity players on how they plan to deal with expected rising costs and inflation's impact on performance and fundraising.

The pension's $4.1bn PE portfolio lost almost 8% in value over the past 10 months to 30 June due to the global pandemic.

The Korea-headquartered firm held a final close on its fifth buyout vehicle.

Details of the South Korean firm's last four flagships were disclosed in pension documents obtained by Private Equity International.

Datuk Ben Chan will relocate from Beijing to Hong Kong for the role of a regional managing director at the Canadian pension.

For LPs in the region, a dearth of large, quality assets and high pricing are key challenges to investing, according to the Canadian pension's managing director and head of Asia.