Tag : private markets

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

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.

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.

With nearly nine out of every 10 dollars managed in Singapore deployed abroad, the city has entrenched its role as a global fund hub.

Singapore based single family office Vedas Group is moving away from blind pool VC/PE fund commitments in favour of direct, sector-specific investments through special purpose vehicles.

Singlife is fine-tuning its sustainability goals across private equity, fixed income and infrastructure investments.

Once focused on legacy real estate and aviation assets, Chishima Real Estate is rewriting its investment playbook.

Asia’s family offices are shifting into direct co-investments, driven by a mix of entrepreneurial legacy, rising sophistication and the search for higher returns and control.

With roots tracing back to 1912, Chishima Real Estate’s Masaki Toyonaga says the Osaka-based family office is moving from stewardship to strategy as it retools for a new investment era.

As distribution rates remain near historic lows across private equity and real estate, Asia Pacific investors showing increased interest in secondaries, private credit, and alternative structures emerging as regional solutions.

Public market repositioning, increased caution in cross-border private deals and a pivot toward non-US tech sectors define a new era in family office strategy.

Institutional investors across Asia Pacific remain committed to increasing private markets allocations but they're showing clear preferences for developed markets, private credit and technology-enabled investments amid global uncertainties.