Asian PE raises $6.6bn in Q1, led by RRJ Capital
This year's sum is nearly half of the $11.2 billion raised by Asian managers in the same quarter last year, with over half of capital attributed to a fund run by Hong Kong's RRJ Capital.
Asian private equity funds that held a final close in the first quarter raised a total of $6.6 billion, with more than half coming from the $3.5 billion garnered by RRJ Capital’s second vehicle.
The region contributed a small slice of the $67 billion taken in by the 129 PE funds globally that closed in Q1, according to a Preqin report. North American managers raised $36.4 billion via 63 funds, with 30 Europe funds accounting for $22 billion.
The $6.6 billion was raised by 28 Asi…
Please sign in or register
for free access to 1 article per month from AsianInvestor’s content and archives of over 16,000 articles.
¬ Haymarket Media Limited. All rights reserved.