Asia's private equity leaders emerge

The prevailing perception of private equity in Asia is that cash distributions are overall continuing to slow down. Hence some investors are focusing more attention on US private equity resulting from strong overall distributions.

However, Altius Associates has seen a select group of Asian private equity managers distribute more capital last year than ever before and market conditions for investing seem better than they have been for a number of years.

Instead of pulling back, investors that is, the limited partners or LPs should grow their Asian programs, while remaining highly selective, disciplined and long-term oriented.

Altius Associates advises and manages approximately $24...