Katrina Lau
Katrina Lau is a reporter for Private Equity International based in Hong Kong. Before joining PEI in 2023, she worked for a local television broadcast reporting on daily news. Originally from Malaysia, Katrina holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Sociology from The University of Hong Kong.
Navis Capital Partners has moved some of its holdings in a portfolio of Southeast Asian education assets into a $230m continuation fund.
Mavis Huang, former director of intermediary clients, Asia, at Swiss investment firm Vontobel Asset Management, has joined Coller’s Hong Kong office.
More Indian GPs will look to secondaries exits to generate DPI before raising their next fund, panelists at the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s Asia Private Equity Forum 2025 said.
While continuation funds are increasingly common liquidity solutions, not all of them are delivering the appropriate returns, according to Cari Lodge, head of secondaries at Commonfund.
The process involved moving a portfolio of buyout and growth stakes from North American and European managers into a new vehicle.
The firm has launched its third secondaries vehicle, Japan Private Equity Opportunity 2024.
Growth equity assets are seeing ‘pretty good’ bargains, yet the mismatch in valuation expectations may hinder dealmaking.
AlpInvest chair Ruulke Bagijn and global head of primaries Wendy Zhu say that the Carlyle secondaries unit is seeing higher quality LP-led opportunities come to market.
Speaking at the HKVCA's Greater China PE Summit on Monday, Lexington director Niklas Risberg said buyers require discounts and strong GP alignment to get comfortable with the region's higher level of risk.
The country's official cabinet has published a nine-point circular to ‘strengthen supervision’ on capital markets, including updates on listing process and delisting regulations.