Chinese private equity keeps the funding tap on

For now, at least, Asia is being regarded differently from its reputation of previous years. Some investors believe that Asia bears a lower risk than the developed world. Elsewhere people and governments appear to have borrowed too much and lived beyond their means. “Five years ago people talked about risk premiums and at what level those premiums should be. Nowadays investors wonder if there should be a risk premium at all for Asia,” says Joseph Ferrigno, managing partner of Asia…