Greater China
With the rise of AI, investor sentiment is shifting back to the largest Asian economies.
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Singapore
“There is a growing structural acceptance of secondaries as a portfolio management and liquidity tool.”
Returns are increasingly being driven by earnings growth rather than financial engineering.
The group has identified three AI areas to invest: AI infra, AI platforms, AI applications.
The firm invests across Asia, focusing on buyouts in Japan and Australia and growth equity in China and India.
In mid-market deals, fund managers have a more direct impact on enhancing value.
India
PMF II has a target size of $1 billion and succeeds NIIF’s $600-million PMF I.
The pattern is visible across all asset classes in which Northleaf invests, said APAC head Jeff Pentland.
The US-based firm has deployed across several large funds in Asia.
So far, the rally has attracted hedge fund managers and, more recently, long-only public managers.
