Asia

Dominik Woessner, who was a director in Lazard's Singapore-based secondary advisory team, joined Thrive Alternatives in May.

The $500m continuation fund marks the entry of one of Asia's largest buyout shops, MBK Capital, into the GP-led secondaries market.

Tikehau Capital acquired Singapore secondaries firm Foundation Private Equity in July, having entered the credit secondaries market in 2019.

The sovereign wealth fund expects competition for attractive companies to remain intense or even accelerate.

Fundraising delays, rising demand in China for US dollar commitments and a backlog of pandemic-paused transactions are leading to more buying opportunities in Asia-Pacific.

The Hong Kong-based partner reflects on how debt secondaries are maturing in Asia-Pacific and his role in Ping An and Coller Capital's recent credit secondaries deal.

A team is spinning out of emerging markets specialist Capital Group with a portfolio containing unicorns including Didi and Gojek.

The hire will work with Nick Miles, head of Europe and Asia Private Equity, based in Singapore.

The actions of the Chinese government could be the difference between a good and a great year for the Asian secondaries market.

The deal comes off the back of several similar processes the insurance giant unit has undertaken over the past three years.