The San Francisco-headquartered firm has made investments in sports clubs such as the San Antonio Spurs, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF.
The proposals could bring greater certainty for overseas private equity firms and ‘level the playing field’ with their Australian counterparts, according to legal experts.
Japan’s private markets brace for greater levels of interest.
International GPs and LPs increasingly view Japan as one of the hottest growth markets for private equity as it gets lifted by macro tailwinds.
Shin Kong Life's portfolio sale comes just weeks after Cathay Life sold $1.2bn of fund stakes to HarbourVest, as impending regulatory changes prompt insurers to rethink their private markets exposure.
Although India remains dominated by growth equity, the market is seeing greater appetite for buyouts as GPs and institutional investors seek a more hands-on approach.
Subscription credit line use in Japan hasn’t developed at the same rate as in other Asia-Pacific markets, Fi Dinh, head of fund finance for APAC at MUFG Investor Services, tells PEI.
Japan was the only market in Asia-Pacific that saw an increase in deal value last year, according to Bain & Co's Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2024.
Concerns over future use-cases in face of AI has led to ‘a number of broken sales processes’, says Sascha Pfeiffer, head of European technology at Houlihan Lokey.
Firms will find it tougher to invest once interest rates get cut, says Blackstone's president and chief operating officer in a video interview at NEXUS 2024.