After a year of heightened caution, limited partners are back investing capital in private equity (PE) firms with a mandate to invest in Southeast Asia. Four SE Asia-focused PE funds secured a final close with a total value of $1 billion in the first half of 2021, already on par with the fundraising performance in the whole of last year.
The strong momentum means 2021 is set to be a record PE fundraising year, in defiance of COVID-19 blues. Our latest report has the details on PE fundraising trends since 2018, fund manager leaderboard per strategy and the performance of Asia/APAC funds with a mandate to invest in Southeast Asia.