As the search for genuine diversification deepens, institutional investors in the region are critically assessing the illiquidity premium to build resilient portfolios.
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Rapid AUM growth has outpaced operational maturity across much of the Asia Pacific (APAC) pension fund sector, leaving many exposed as portfolios tilt further into illiquid assets. Strengthening collateral mobility, liquidity planning and connectivity with tri-party infrastructure is now central to long-term portfolio resilience, believe BNY’s Cherry Li and Nehal Mehra.
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With GP-led deals gaining traction and LPs seeking exits amid macroeconomic headwinds, Asia’s evolving landscape is reshaping how capital moves across the region.
Asian investors are accelerating a push toward private equity secondaries to manage liquidity, rebalance portfolios and capture discounted opportunities.
Asset allocators are finding ways to sustain deployment pace amid strong pockets of activity in Asia, rising selectivity and an intensified focus on liquidity, exits and operational resilience.
Private capital investors are responding to macroeconomic shocks with strategic reallocations—shifting away from traditional buyouts and favoring secondaries, infrastructure and growth-focused strategies.
Private equity secondaries are fast emerging as a critical tool for institutional investors looking to manage risk and navigate a slow-moving exit environment.
Structural resilience and thematic alignment are redefining private credit in Asia, as allocators weigh liquidity constraints and macro risks amid a shifting capital landscape.
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Private equity eyes recovery in 2025, driven by expected rate cuts and renewed risk appetite. Firms are focusing on smaller buyouts, secondaries, and dual-track IPOs as key exit routes.
With a large allocation to unlisted assets, the Australian Retirement Trust’s CIO says the fund takes a proactive approach to managing its liquidity risk to ensure it meets its obligations.
Higher shares of alternatives and potential early release schemes has made liquidity a force to be reckoned with, research shows. Could handling that become a C-suite function?
The pros and cons of asset themes can be seen very differently, family office investors said at AsianInvestor's Thailand Investment Briefing in Bangkok.
