SE Asia yet to deliver on PE growth potential but investors optimistic: Bain & Co

Data present the right picture, and Sebastien Lamy, Partner, Bain & Company, uses numbers to make a point, when he says Southeast Asia hasn’t fully delivered in its growth potential for private equity. “While Asia-Pacific deal value grew 46 per cent from an average of $286 billion in 2007-11 to $417 billion in 2012-16, Southeast Asia deal value actually fell 27 per cent from $42 billion to $31 billion over the same time period,” he explains in an interaction.