Asian Private Equity Market Shows Signs Of Maturity – Preqin

Asian private equity market is increasingly replicating the diversity of fund strategy witnessed in North America and Europe.

According to Preqin’s latest research other strategies, particularly buyouts, have shown increasing presence in the Asian private equity market.

Strong Start In 2013

Preqin’s latest research reveals six Asia-focused buyout funds have closed in 2013 so far, raising an aggregate $10.3 billion, thereby significantly surpassing the $6.9 billion raised by the 12 Asia-focused buyout vehicles that closed during the whole of last year.

The strong start in Asia is evidenced from the fact that the average fund size of Asia-focused private equity vehicles has increased significantly from $256 million in 2012 to...