About the report
Asia-Pacific represents just 25% of the global private equity industry. Compared with the size of the region’s economy, private equity still has a vast green pasture to work with before penetration catches up with levels in Europe and North America. This paper explores the factors that could accelerate the growth of private equity in Asia in the years ahead and create opportunities for investors.
Key highlights
- The Asian growth story
To understand Asia-Pacific as an investment territory, it is first necessary to appreciate the social, economic and demographic trends that underpin the region’s position as the world’s economic growth engine.
- Asian private equity in practice
In line with overall economic growth, the private equity market has been expanding rapidly in Asia-Pacific over the last decade. Asian markets attract private equity funds because of a combination of the favourable economic and demographic trends but also a number of specific factors that create the opportunity to add and realise value.
- Outlook for private equity in Asia
Investors in Asia-Pacific– based private equity have many reasons to be optimistic in the medium and long term. Both the category and underlying markets are much nearer the beginning than the end of an era of potentially explosive growth