Managers
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has opened its Tokyo office, located in the Marunouchi building in the heart of the city’s central business district. The firm has an over three-decade presence in Asia, alongside a long-standing partnership with Japanese corporates and investors.
Brazilian fintech Credix, which leverages AI to provide credit to small and midsize companies, has raised BRL500m ($93m) in a combination of equity and debt financing to support lending growth and technology development, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Leonard Green & Partners has emerged as the lead investor in a $1bn single-asset continuation fund that allows Ares Management Corp to extend its holding in systems integrator Convergint Technologies, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Warburg Pincus CEO Jeffrey Perlman has highlighted China as an increasingly attractive market for private equity investments following a period of regulatory and market uncertainty, according to a report by Bloomberg.
EQT AB chief executive Per Franzen has warned that private equity’s rapid push into the retail investor market risks undermining the industry’s credibility if growth is prioritised over discipline, according to a report by Bloomberg.
After years of caution, global private equity firms, including EQT, PAG, and Warburg Pincus, are reconsidering China, lured by lower valuations, reduced competition, and investor fatigue with US assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.Global
Private markets investment manager Hamilton Lane has been selected by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America to manage an existing portfolio of private equity investment valued at $5bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global private investment major KKR & Co expects approximately 50% of its private equity capital distributions in 2025 to originate from Asia, according to a report by Reuters citing Co-Chief Executive Officer Joe Bae.
Alternative asset manager Ares Management reported approximately $74m of fee-related earnings for its secondaries unit in the third quarter – a rise of about 167% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to a report by Bloomberg.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is poised to retain approximately 40% of the fees linked to the $20bn debt financing backing the take-private of Electronic Arts, according to a report by Bloomberg, equating to about $200m of the total fee.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
