PitchBook's 2026 APAC Private Capital Outlook forecasts a monetary easing cycle that will drive deal momentum, with a moderate 10-20% YoY increase in exit value achievable. Through Q3 2025, PE exit value reached $106 billion—already surpassing full-year 2024—while VC exit value hit $90 billion, up sharply from $52.7 billion over the same period last year.

In a recent Alt Goes Mainstream The DNA podcast interview, Ken Wong—Partner and Head of Asia Pacific Infrastructure at EQT—makes the case that applying private equity operational playbooks to infrastructure assets in developed Asia generates equity-like returns in a market that remains dramatically underpenetrated relative to Western counterparts.

In a recent Alt Goes Mainstream's The DNA podcast series, Jean Salata—Chairperson of EQT Asia and founder of the former Baring Private Equity Asia—argues that Asian private markets offer superior risk-adjusted returns due to market inefficiency, underpenetration, and multi-decade growth tailwinds that developed markets can no longer match.

What's New According to iCapital Chairman and CEO Lawrence Calcano in a recent episode of the Alts Pulse podcast , Asia has emerged as the firm's largest international market with $18 billion in assets under management, surpassing Europe ($12B), Canada ($7B+), and Latin America ($5B). The platform has opened new offices in Tokyo and Australia within the past year, signaling aggressive expansion as wealth channels worldwide accelerate adoption of alternative investments. Why I

In Apollo Global Management's 2026 APAC Outlook, Matt Michelini, Partner, details how Asia Pacific stands at an inflection point where structural strengths, demographic tailwinds, and industrial transformation are converging to create the world's most attractive investment environment—with the region driving roughly 60% of global GDP growth in 2025 while Asian banks controlling 80% of corporate lending increasingly turn to private capital partners to address balance sheet con

The Alternative Credit Council's "Private Credit in Asia 2.0" report forecasts Asia-Pacific private credit assets under management will grow from US$59 billion in 2024 to US$92 billion by 2027, representing a 16% compound annual growth rate that outpaces global averages.

Japan's exit from zero rates is creating the biggest private markets opportunity in Asia after 30 years of stagnation.

Cocoon Capital secures $30M in first close of Fund III, targeting $50M to back enterprise and deep tech startups in Southeast Asia.

Study reveals $1.67 trillion financing gap for SMEs in Latin America and Southeast Asia, highlighting potential for digital finance growth.

Singapore-based fintech Surfin raises $26.5M from Woori Venture Partners, Washington University in St. Louis, and Phillip Private Equity.

David Gross, co-managing partner of Bain Capital ($185B AUM), shared his perspective on global investment opportunities with Goldman Sachs' Allison Mass. Speaking from his background as a founder of Bain's Asia business, Gross outlined why the firm remains bullish on the US economy, Japan's maturing buyout market, and selected European opportunities despite macroeconomic uncertainty.

Jeffrey Perlman, CEO of Warburg Pincus, sat down with Goldman Sachs' Allison Mass to discuss the state of private equity amid rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions. In the interview, Perlman, who took the helm of the $90 billion asset manager in September 2024, emphasized how diversification has helped the firm navigate challenging markets. Unlike many competitors struggling with distributions, Warburg Pincus has returned 50% more capital than it invested over the p

Asia-Pacific private equity markets showed tentative recovery signs in 2024, with deal value increasing 11% while fundraising plunged to a 10-year low, according to Bain & Company's Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2025. India emerged as the region's star performer, recording double-digit growth in both deal value and count.

Private equity firm EQT released its Q1 2025 earnings, reporting solid fundraising momentum and investment activity despite increasing global economic uncertainty and concerns about potential impacts from US tariff negotiations.