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India-focused private debt funds' assets under management (AUM) grew by 26 times to $17.8 billion in 2023 from less than a billion dollars in 2010, the report titled Preqin Territory Guide: Private capital in India 2024.

The Canadian pension manager’s infrastructure and renewable resources (I&RR) programme recently announced an additional investment in Brookfield Asset Management's DIT to support the latter's $2.2 billion acquisition of telecom sites.

Middle Eastern investors are increasingly looking to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional investments and move away from oil-based revenues.

The Indonesia sovereign wealth fund is making a concerted push into private credit by inking partnership deals with at least three investment managers in recent months.

The head of the private equity and private credit team at one of Korea's biggest non-life insurers explains where it sees opportunities over the the next year.

High net worth individuals and family offices often worry about how long term alternative funds can be and when they can get their money back. Managers need to be innovative, experts said.

The application process to get a license for a single family office can now take up to 18 months as regulatory scrutiny intensifies, one anti-financial crime expert said.

The Singapore-based insurer wants to ensure new mandates are aligned in terms of sustainability and decarbonisation, CIO David Chua told AsianInvestor.

Biotech funding has improved this year but remains well below the post-pandemic boom. Still, picking winners in the sector requires deep knowledge and investor discipline.

The Singapore-based insurer explains how tools from two partners, BlackRock and Ortec Finance, help with portfolio, risk and asset-liability management.