Nishtha Asthana

Foreign investors are ramping up their presence in Asia’s private credit markets, but the home advantage still rests with domestic allocators.

The Hong Kong-based single family office recently wound down its family office activities to focus on businesses it had spun out. Eric Wong, a third generation member of the family, shares the family's journey and reasons for this decision.

Foreign institutional appetite for Asia’s private credit market is picking up, but flows are uneven. Investors are gravitating toward larger, developed markets while some regions continue to suffer from structural under-allocation.

Singapore’s push to accelerate its role as Asia’s top family office hub is hitting all too familiar roadblocks, according to leading experts.

Singapore's family offices surged 43% to over 2,000 in 2024, but this rapid growth is exposing critical talent shortages and risk management gaps that threaten their sustainability.

GenZero, backed by the Singapore-based investment firm, is sharpening its investment blueprint to align decarbonisation projects with buyer demand and regulatory signals.

Principal Kin Leung Chan is positioning Click Ventures' portfolio through the lens of what he sees as attractive valuations in China and Hong Kong with the US pricey by comparison.

The Singapore family office hasn't abandoned the booming asset class but slipping covenant standards are a growing concern.

Family offices are charging deeper into private equity, taking on institutional investors in deals while layering into complex products. But rapid expansion, rising rates and weak governance controls are combining to raise the stakes, and the risks.

Bryan Goh, CEO of Singapore’s Tsao Family Office, says long-term interest rates and structural economic shifts are defining how families navigate wealth today.

Private credit is emerging as a key stabiliser for portfolios even as tighter spreads and looser covenants raise the risks. OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, is leaning heavily into private markets while reassessing regional equities and AI infrastructure.

Kin Leung Chan, the Hong Kong family office's principal, says the traditional divide between public and private investing has narrowed significantly.