Private equity

The quick comeback of the Asia-focus buyout fund

After a precipitous drop in early 2019, investor appetite for Asia-focused buyout funds appears to have made a comeback. With more cash in their bags, private equity funds, such as Hillhouse, CITIC Capital and MBK Partners, are gearing up to make big investments in 2020.

Carol Huang

January 31, 2020

Service is resumed. After seeing a worrying drop in capital into Asia-focused buyout funds in early 2019, appetite has risen sharply in the last quarter of the year, recent data shows. However, it seems the bigger private equity names are getting the lion’s share of investment.

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