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“ The Hong Kong AVCJ conference is the longest standing private equity
conference in the Asian private equity industry and continues to go from
strength to strength.”Marcus Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, HEADLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED
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1000+ATTENDEES
from 35 countries,
including 310
limited partners
Tuesday, 11 November
PE Leaders’ Summit
Venture Capital Summit
Limited Partners’ Summit
Wednesday, 12 November
Investment Summit (Day I)
Thursday, 13 November
Investment Summit (Day II)
Monday, 10 November
Asian Private Equity &
Venture Capital Awards
Dinner and Presentations
ASIAN PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE FORUM 2014
27th Annual
11-13 November 2014 Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
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27th AnnualPRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE FORUM
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Sponsors
Asia series sponsor
Co-sponsors
Lead sponsors
Legal sponsors Knowledge partner
VC summit legal sponsor LP summit sponsors
LP Breakfast sponsor
VC summit sponsors
PE leaders’ summit sponsors
ESG workshop sponsor
ExhibitorsAwards sponsors
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Overview
1000+ATTENDEES
310
LIMITED PARTNERS
570ORGANISATIONS
35
COUNTRIES
170
EXPERT SPEAKERS
For 27 years, the AVCJ Forum has brought together leading
investors from across the globe for three days of high-level
dialogue, debate and networking. In a programme that combines
strategic and practical issues, our delegates heard from some
of the world's most successful deal makers as they shared their
insights on the opportunities across Asia and globally.
“ AVCJ remains the key event for LPs worldwide to
cover Asia. I can’t stress enough how many of our clients
outside the region make travel plans around AVCJ year
after year.” Juan Delgado-Moreira,
Managing Director, Investment Committee, Asia, HAMILTON LANE
“ It is a great networking event. If you have a critical
mass of GPs and LPs gathering together in one place
then you feel obligated to go. (…) AVCJ is certainly the
one I wouldn’t miss out. (…) We sponsor AVCJ because
we think this is a great forum for our investors and other
colleagues to get together yearly to exchange views.”Weijian Shan, Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PAG
“ You know it is the conference that we attend every year
here in Asia. We have all our LPs who we meet and we
arrange our annual meeting around your conference. So, it
is as we say the private equity conference in Asia.”John Connaughton, Managing Director, BAIN CAPITAL, LLC
“ AVCJ 2014 has been an exciting and fruitful event,
introducing me to potential new opportunities not just
in Asia but also those from the rest of the world. Will
definitely be attending next year’s event.” Guan Seng Khoo,
VP, Risk Management, ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Forum at a glance
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Leading industry professionals from 35 countries, including 310 LPs
Hong Kong44%
USA 9% India
2%
Malaysia2%
China11%U.K.
3% South Korea 2%
Singapore9%
Australia4%
Other9%
Japan5%
TOP 10 ATTENDING COUNTRIES
General Partners
36%
33%
19%
5%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
Limited Partners
Investment Banks
Associations
Service Providers
Corporates
Government
Other
Placement Agents
Overall Job Function Breakdown
By Type of Company
Attendees from:
Australia
Canada
China
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Kuwait
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
UAE
United Kingdom
USA
Vietnam
14%
40%Managing Director/
Partner/CIO/CFO
Other
Chairman/CEO/Managing Partner
27%
Director/ Portfolio Manager/
Chief Representative
Principal/VP/ Associate
18%
1%
Investment Summit
LPs GPs
1 : 1
“ What I found about this conference is there is a very good and healthy mix of LPs and GPs. When
one goes to conferences one gets totally dominated by service providers or by the GPs which is fine
but it becomes a trade show rather than a real exchange of ideas. This conference has a much greater
percentage of LPs that I found in other conferences and for that, I’m most grateful.”Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, TERRA FIRMA CAPITAL PARTNERS
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165 Attendees from 20 Countries
Venture Capital Summit
Hong Kong33.5%
USA10.4%
Other 8.5%
Malaysia3.7%
China18.3%U.K.
4.3%
Singapore11.6%
India2.4%
Japan7.3%
General Partners
Limited Partners19.5%
15%
21.3%
3.7%
1.2%
1%
1.2%
4%
3%
30%Venture Capitalists
Investment Banks
Associations
Service Providers
Corporates
Government
Other
Placement Agents
By Type of Company
BY COUNTRY
PE Leaders’ & Venture Capital Summit
Rest of Europe 6.4% Other 3%
Singapore11.5%
395 Attendees from 35 Countries
Hong Kong37%
India1.5%
Malaysia3%
China14.6%U.K.
4.5%
Australia 3%
Japan6%
General Partners
Limited Partners21%
6.5%
18.5%
4%
2.5%
2%
1.2%
0.5%
1.5%
42.3%Venture Capitalists
Investment Banks
Associations
Service Providers
Corporates
Government
Other
Placement Agents
PE Leaders’ Summit
By Type of Company
BY COUNTRY
USA9.5%
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Hong Kong70.5%
China8%
U.K. 1.5%
Singapore6%
65 Attendees from 12 Countries
Women in Private Equity
Japan3%
General Partners
Limited Partners12%
5%
41.5%
3%
3%
3%
3%
1.5%
28%Venture Capitalists
Investment Banks
Associations
Service Providers
Corporates
Other
Placement Agents
Finland1.5%
Australia 1.5%
UAE 3%
By Type of Company
BY COUNTRY
USA5%
Limited Partners’ & WIPE Summit
Limited Partners’ Summit
100 Attendees from 17 Countries
Australia 5%
Hong Kong32%
USA10%
Canada 6%
Malaysia3.5%
China6%U.K.
5%Taiwan 5%
Singapore18.5%
Other 5.5%
Japan3.5%
65%SWFs, Pension Funds,
Endowments, Foundations
Family Offices
Funds of Funds / Secondaries 28%
7%
By Type of Company
BY COUNTRY
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AVCJ’s annual award ceremony salutes extraordinary achievements in Asian Private equity. 2014’s outperformers are:
AWARDS SPONSORS
Fundraising of the Year
• Venture Capital: Qiming Venture Partners IV (Qiming Venture Partners)
• Mid Cap: Quadrant Private Equity N.4 (Quadrant Private Equity)
• Large Cap: CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific IV (CVC Capital Partners)
Exit of the Year
• Mid Cap: United Cinemas (Advantage Partners)
• Large Cap: Oriental Brewery (Affinity Equity Partners / KKR)
• IPO: Alibaba Group ((Silver Lake/China Investment Corporation/Yunfeng Capital/CITIC Capital/Boyu Capital/Nepoch CapitalAsia Alternatives/Pavilion Capital/Siguler Guff)
Deal of the Year
• Venture Capital: Flipkart (Tiger Global / Naspers / GIC Private / Morgan Stanley Investment Management / DST Global / Accel partners / Iconiq Capital / Sofina)
• Mid Cap: IMAX China (FountainVest Partners / China Media Capital)
• Large Cap: Nanfu Battery (CDH Investments)
Venture Capital Professional of the Year
• Jixun Foo (GGV Capital)
Private Equity Professional of the Year
• David Liu & Julian J.Wolhardt (KKR)
Operational Value-Add
• Oriental Brewery (Affinity Equity Partners / KKR)
Firm of the Year
• Affinity Equity Partners
The Asian Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards 2014
AVCJ Special Achievement• Victor Chu
(First Eastern Investment Group)
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Investment Summit
- Jason Lee, Managing Director, CARLYLE GROUP - Serge Lépine, Chief Executive Officer, QATAR ABU DHABI INVESTMENT COMPANY (QADIC) - Nisa Leung, Managing Partner, QIMING VENTURES - John Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, UNITAS CAPITAL - John Lin, Managing Partner, NDE CAPITAL - Tun Lin, Deputy General Manager, Head of Research, HONY CAPITAL - Wanlin, Liu, Managing Director, GOLDMAN SACHS - Yangyang Liu, Managing Director, EIG GLOBAL ENERGY - Ming Lu, Member and Co-Head of Private Equity Asia, KKR - Haide Lui, Principal, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS - Darren Massara, Managing Partner, NEWQUEST CAPITAL PARTNERS - Dennis Montecillo, President, BPI CAPITAL CORPORATION - Robert Ohrenstein, Global Head of Private Equity, KPMG - James Pearson, Chief Executive Officer, PACIFIC RISK ADVISORS - Simon Pillar, Managing Director, PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS - James Pitt, Partner, LEXINGTON PARTNERS - Jaka Prasetya, Managing Director, KKR - David Raven, Regional Director, Asia Pacific Capital Markets, JONES LANG LASALLE - Weijian Shan, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PAG - Ashish Shastry, Managing Partner, NORTHSTAR GROUP - Yvonne Siew, Director, Head of Asia Real Estate, Global Managed Investments, Asia Pacific, CITI PRIVATE BANK - Joseph Skrzynski, Founding Partner, CHAMP PRIVATE EQUITY - Gary Stead, Managing Director, OLYMPUS CAPITAL ASIA CREDIT - Josh Stern, Senior Investment Officer, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION - Chuck Stetson, Chief Executive Officer, STETSON FAMILY OFFICE - Oliver Stratton, Managing Director and co-head, ALVAREZ & MARSAL - Homer Sun, Managing Director, MORGAN STANLEY - Kok Yew Tang, Chairman & Managing Partner, AFFINITY EQUITY PARTNERS - Marcus Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, HEADLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS - Joseph Tsai, Executive Vice-Chairman, ALIBABA GROUP - Thomas Tsao, Managing Partner, GOBI PARTNERS - Vijay Vaitheeswaran, China Business Editor, ECONOMIST - Sebastiaan van den Berg, Managing Director, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS - Sudhir Variyar, Managing Director, MULTIPLES ALTERNATE ASSET MANAGEMENT - Ivan Vercoutere, Mangaing Partner, CIO, LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS - Pote Videt, Managing Director, LOMBARD PRIVATE EQUITY - Kathy Xu, Founder & Managing Partner, CAPITAL TODAY - Yan Yang, Director, BLACKROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT - Joon-Ha James Yoon, Partner, MBK PARTNERS - Frank Yu, Founder, CEO and CIO, ALLY BRIDGE GROUP - Bing Yuan, Managing Director, HONY CAPITAL - David Yuan, Partner and Managing Director, REDPOINT VENTURES - Wei Zhou, Managing Partner, KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS - D. Brooks Zug, Senior Managing Director and Founder, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS
- Gaurav Ahuja, Director, CHRYSCAPITAL - Jessica Archibald, Managing Director, TOP TIER CAPITAL PARTNERS - Nicholas Bloy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, NAVIS CAPITAL PARTNERS - Ernest Boles, Chief Executive Officer, AUDA ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS - Ron Cao, Managing Director, LIGHTSPEED CHINA PARTNERS - David Carbon, Chief Economist, DBS BANK - James Cen Bonsor, Director, Global Fundraising, FOSUN CAPITAL GROUP - Steven Cha, Managing Director, Head of Korea & Japan Real Estate, ANGELO, GORDON - David Chen, Co-Founder, ANGELVEST - Jason Cheng, Managing Partner, KEROGEN CAPITAL - YR Cheng, Partner, LUNAR CAPITAL - Mark Chiba, Group Chairman & Partner, LONGREACH GROUP - Nathaniel Childres, Managing Director, CHAMP PRIVATE EQUITY - Jeremy Coller, Executive Chairman & CIO, COLLER CAPITAL - John Connaughton, Managing Director, BAIN CAPITAL - Doug Coulter, Partner, LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS - Juan Delgado-Moreira, Managing Director, HAMILTON LANE - Jacques Demers, Global Head, Investment Partners & Partnerships, OMERS - Patricia Dinneen, Senior Advisor, EMERGING MARKETS PRIVATE EQUITY ASSOCIATION - Volkert Doeksen, Co-Founder, ALPINVEST PARTNERS - Marcia Ellis, Partner, MORRISON & FOERSTER - Dan Farrell, Chairman & CEO, PRIVOS CAPITAL - Richard Folsom, Representative Partner, ADVANTAGE PARTNERS - Christina Gaw, Managing Principal & Head of Capital Market, GAW CAPITAL - Oliver Gottschalg, Academic Dean, TRIUM GLOBAL EMBA PROGRAM - Mounir Guen, Chief Executive Officer, MVISION - Guy Hands, Chairman & CIO, TERRA FIRMA CAPITAL PARTNERS - Kenneth Hao, Managing Partner & Managing Director, SILVER LAKE - Gregory Hara, President, J-STAR - Chris Heine, Managing Director, INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL ASIA PACIFIC - Genevieve Heng, Director, ANTHEM ASIA - Roland Hinterkoerner, Head of Corporate Advisory, Asia Pacific, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (RBS) - Yasheng Huang, International Program Professor in Chinese Economy, MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT - Jeremy Hunt, Partner, MORRISON & FOERSTER - Gopal Jain, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, GAJA CAPITAL - Pratibha Jain, Partner and Head of the Delhi Office, NISHITH DESAI ASSOCIATES - Dhanpal Jhaveri, Partner & CEO, EVERSTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS - Amit Kakar, Co-Founder & Partner, AEQUUS CAPITAL PARTNERS - Paul Kang, Senior Partner, Head of Southeast Asia, HEADLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS - Atul Kapur, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, EVERSTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS - Tatsuo Kawasaki, Partner, UNISON CAPITAL - Roy Kuan, Managing Partner, CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS - Scott Kupor, Managing Partner, ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ - Jack Lange, Partner, PAUL, WEISS - Henry Lee, Director, HENDALE GROUP
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Women in Private Equity
- Cecile Belaman, Managing Director, BAIN CAPITAL - Sally Shan, Managing Director, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS - Tina Surh, Chief Investment Officer, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - Miranda Tang, Managing Director and Head of ARIA, CLSA CAPITAL PARTNERS - Shubing Yuan, Senior Attorney, CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON
Venture Capital Summit
- Jessica Archibald, Managing Director, TOP TIER CAPITAL PARTNERS - Bruno Bensaid, Founder / Partner, SHANGHAIVEST - David Chan, Portfolio Manager, MLC PRIVATE EQUITY - Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, HELION ADVISORS - David Chen, Co-Founder, ANGELVEST - Shane Chesson, Partner, NORTHSTAR ADVISORS - Cian Cotter, Principal, INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS - JP Gan, Managing Partner, QIMING WEICHUANG VENTURE CAPITAL - William Klippgen, General Partner, CLICKSTREAM VENTURES - Richard Liu, Managing Director, MORNINGSIDE VENTURE CAPITAL - James Lu, Senior Business Attorney, COOLEY - Rui Ma, Venture Partner, 500 STARTUPS
- Alison Nankivell, Vice President, Venture Capital Action Plan, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF CANADA - Henry Nguyen, Managing General Partner, IDG VENTURES - Ian O'Donnell, Partner, COOLEY - Stefan Rust, Co-Founder & CEO, EXICON GLOBAL - Jordan Silber, Partner, COOLEY - Yesha Sivan, Executive Director, The Coller Institute of Venture, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY - Akio Tanaka, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, INFINITY VENTURE PARTNERS - Thomas Tsao, Managing Partner, GOBI PARTNERS - Frank Wang, Partner, TDF CAPITAL - Henry Wong, Managing Director, GARAGE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES
PE Leaders’ Summit
- Monte Brem, Chief Executive Officer, STEPSTONE GROUP - Susan Carter, Chief Executive Officer, COMMONFUND CAPITAL - Ken Chen, Director, L.E.K. CONSULTING - Lorna Xin Chen, Partner, SHEARMAN & STERLING - Gordon Chin, Director, LUNAR CAPITAL - Craig Dauchy, Partner, COOLEY - Patricia Dinneen, Senior Advisor, EMERGING MARKETS PRIVATE EQUITY ASSOCIATION - Xiangming Fang, Managing Director, Alternative Investment Dept, CHINA RE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY - Bo Feng, Founder and Managing Partner, CEYUAN VENTURES - Bill Ferris, Executive Chairman, CHAMP PRIVATE EQUITY - Jixun Foo, Managing Partner, GGV CAPITAL - Ray Haarstick, Chief Executive Officer, RELEVANT EQUITY SYSTEMS - Ludwig Linbo He, Senior Managing Director & Head of Private Equity Investment Dept, CHINA INVESTMENT CORPORATION - Warren Hirschhorn, Vice Chairman, DUFF & PHELPS - David Hong, Partner, GOPHER ASSET MANAGEMENT - Yoshito Hori, President, GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS - Tai Hui, Managing Director, Chief Market Strategist Asia, JF ASSET MANAGEMENT - Robert Kraybill, Managing Director, IMPACT INVESTMENT EXCHANGE ASIA - Thomas Kubr, Executive Chairman, CAPITAL DYNAMICS - Alvin Lam, Senior Managing Director, Asia Operations Team, CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS
- Chris Churl-Min Lee, Associate, CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON - Valerie Mantot, Head of MENA, SANNE - Kenyatta K. Matheny, Senior Investment Officer, Emerging Managers & Private Equity, TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS - Rodney Muse, Managing Partner, NAVIS CAPITAL PARTNERS - Steven Okun, Director of Asia Pacific Public Affairs, KKR - Charles Ong, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, RRJ CAPITAL - Marshall Parke, Managing Partner, London, LEXINGTON PARTNERS - Robert Petty, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, CLEARWATER CAPITAL PARTNERS - Roger Pim, Managing Partner, SL CAPITAL PARTNERS - Peter Rioda, Director, Private Equity, SANNE - Stuart Schonberger, Managing Director, CDH INVESTMENTS - David Shen, Managing Director, OLYMPUS CAPITAL - Shinichi (Shin) Takamiya, Partner, Chief Strategy Officer, GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS - Andrew Thompson, Partner and Head of Private Equity, South East Asia, KPMG - Alex Wilmerding, Principal, PANTHEON VENTURES - Yong Kai Wong, Managing Director, Head of Legal & Compliance, CITIC CAPITAL - Kathy Xu, Founder & Managing Partner, CAPITAL TODAY - Raymond Yang, Managing Partner, WESTSUMMIT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Ally Zhang, Managing Director, SIGULER GUFF & COMPANY - Brooke Zhou, Executive Director, Asia Pacific, Private Equity, LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS
LP Summit
- Serge Allaire, Senior Investor, MLC PRIVATE EQUITY - Kirk Beaton, Partner, LEXINGTON PARTNERS - Pamela Fung, Vice President, MORGAN STANLEY ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS - Mounir Guen, Chief Executive Officer, MVISION - Guan Seng Khoo, ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - Eric Marchand, Vice President, UNIGESTION - David Pierce, Managing Director and Head of Asia, HQ CAPITAL - Jane Rowe, Senior Vice President, TEACHERS' PRIVATE CAPITAL - Raju Ruparelia, Senior Principal, TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN
- Katja Salovaara, Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity, ILMARINEN MUTUAL PENSION INSURANCE COMPANY - Maninder Saluja, Partner, QUILVEST - Alexandre Schmitz, Partner, Head of Asia, CAPSTONE PARTNERS - Josh Stern, Senior Investment Officer, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION - Marcus Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, HEADLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS - Claudia Zeisberger, Senior Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences and Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise, INSEAD - Jenny Zeng, Managing Partner, MAGIC STONE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
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Delegate Organisations
·1337 Ventures
·500 Startups
·AAiC Ventures
·AB Capital Advisers
·Aberdeen Asset Management
·Abraaj Capital
·Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
·ACG Capital
·AD Capital
·Adams Street Partners
·Advantage Partners
·Adveq Investment Management
·Adveq Management
·Aequus Capital Partners
·Affinity Equity Partners
·Alberta Investment Management Corporation
·Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board
·Alea Consulting
·Alibaba Group
·AlixPartners
·Allen & Overy
·Allianz Capital Partners
·Allianz Global Investors
·Allstate Investments
·Ally Bridge Group
·AlpInvest Partners
·Alternative Investment Capital
·Altius Associates
·Alvarez & Marsal
·Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff
·American Capital
·AnBang Securities
·Andreessen Horowitz
·AngelVest
·Ant Capital Partners
·Anthem Asia
·ANZ Banking Group
·Aon Risk Solutions
·AP7 Private Equity Investments
·APG Asset Management
·Apollo Management
·Appleby
·Archer Capital
·Arendt & Medernach
·Arico
·Ashurst Law Firm
·Asia Alternatives
·Asia IIX
·Asia Pacific Dealflow
·ASK Pravi Capital Advisors
·Atly
·Atomico
·Auda Alternative Investments
·Auda Asia
·Aureglia
·Aureos CGC Advisers
·AustSafe Super
·Avalon Capital Group
·AVPN, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network
·Axiom Asia Private Capital
·Bain Capital
·Baird Capital
·Baird Capital Advisor
·Baker & McKenzie
·Bank of Japan
·Barclays Capital
·Baring Private Equity Partners
·BASF
·Bell Pottinger
·BlackRock Asset Management
·BNP Paribas
·BNP Paribas Wealth Management
·BOCI Asia
·BPI Capital Corporation
·Braintree Paypal
·Brandeis University
·Bridgepoint
·Brunswick Group
·Bull Capital Partners
·Business Development Bank of Canada
·Caldera Pacific Capital Partners
·CalPERS
·Campbell Lutyens
·Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
·Capital Dynamics
·Capital Today
·Capstone Partners
·Carlyle Group
·Castle Harlan
·CCBI Asset Management
·CD&R
·CDC Group
·CDH Investments
·CDPQ
·Central Pattana
·Ceyuan Ventures
·CFA Institute
·CHAMP Private Equity
·CHAMP Ventures
·Chengdu Fin. St. Entrepreneur Association
·Cheung's Family Office
·Chicago Booth
·China Broadband Capital Partners
·China Government - Zhoushan Marine Industry Cluster
·China Investment Corporation
·China Merchants Capital Management
·China Re Asset Management
·China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI)
·ChinaEquity Group
·ChinaScope Financial
·Chinatrust (CTBC) Bank
·Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong
·ChrysCapital / Nuvo ChrysCapital Advisors
·Chueh Family Office
·Church Pension Fund
·CIGP
·Citi Private Bank
·CITIC Capital
·CITIC Private Equity Funds Management
·Clean Energy Finance Corporation
·Clearwater Capital Partners
·Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
·Clickstream Ventures
·CLSA Capital Partners
·CMIA Capital Partners
·CMS Opus Private Equity / MVCA
·Cogent Partners
·Coller Capital
·Collins & Kent (CKI)
·Commonfund Capital
·Compagnie d'Investissements et de Gestion Privée
·Comprehensive Financial Management
·Concordia
·Cooley
·CPP Investment Board
·CPPIB Asia
·Creador
·Credit Agricole
·Credit Suisse
·Crosby Asset Management
·Crosspoint Advisors
·Croucher Foundation
·CTBC Bank
·CVC Capital Partners
·Dai-ichi Life Insurance
·Davian
·Davis Polk & Wardwell
·DBJ Asset Management
·DBJ, Development Bank of Japan
·DBS Bank
·Dealmarket
·Dechert
·DEG
·Delta International
·Deutsche Bank
·Development Bank of Japan
·Diamond Dragon
·Diana Family Affairs
·DMI Finance
·D'Orazio Capital Management
·Dorsey & Whitney
·Dow Jones
·Dow Jones Private Markets
·Dragon Pearl Partners
·DST Investment
·DTX Energy Capital
·Duff & Phelps
·DuPont Captial Management
·DWSB
·Eagle Asia Partners
·Eaton Partners Advisors
·ECFO Services
·Edu-Con Management & Associates
·EFA
·EIG Global Energy
·Ekuinas Nasional Berhad
·Emerald Hill Capital Partners
·Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
·Emirates International Investment Company (EIIC)
·Emirates Investment Authority
·EQT Partners
·Ernst & Young
·Estonian Investment Agency
·Everstone Capital Advisors
·Excelsior Capital Asia
·Exicon Global
·FactSet
·FastLane Capital
·Fencas Real Estate Development Company
·Firestartr.co
·First Reserve
·First State Investment
·FLAG Squadron
·Focus Ventures
·Forbes
·Ford Foundation
·Forebright Capital Management
·Foresea Life Insurance Company
·Fosun Capital Group
·Founder Institute
·Fresco Capital Advisors
·Fund Evaluation Group
·Funds SA
·Fung Investment Management
·Future Fund
·Gaja Capital
·Garage Technology Ventures
·Gaw Capital
·GE Asset Management
·GE Capital
·GEL Holdings
·Georgieff Capital
·Gerson Lehrman Group
·GGV Capital
·GIC Special Investments
·Glendevon Advisors
·Glenmede Trust Company
·Globis Capital Partners
·Gobi Partners
·Goldman Sachs
·Gopher Asset Management
·Grosvenor Estate
·Hamilton Lane
·Han Kun Law Offices
·Hanwha Life
·Hao Capital
·Harald Quandt Holding
·HarbourVest Partners
·Harvest Alternative Investment
·Headland Capital Partners
·Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
·Healthitek
·Heliconia Capital Management
·Helion Advisors
·Hendale Group
·Herkules Capital
·Herkules Singapore
·HKIFA
·Hogan Lovells
·Hong Kong Monetary Authority
·Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (HKVCA)
·Hony Capital
·HQ Capital
·HSBC
·HSBC Alternative Investments
·HSBC Insurance
·I.B.M.
·ICICI Venture Funds Management
·IDFC Alternatives
·IDG Ventures
·IDI Emerging Markets
·IFC
·Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
·Impact Investment Exchange Asia
·Infinity Venture Partners
·InfraRed NF Investment
·Innosight Ventures
·INSEAD
·Insight Venture Partners
·Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)
·Intel Capital
·Intermediate Capital Asia Pacific
·International Lifestyle Brands Group
·Invest Hong Kong
·Investor Growth Capital
·Ironshore
·iSigma Capital Corporation
·Isola Capital
·IvyCap Ventures Advisors
·Jade Invest
·Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
·Jersey Finance
·JF Asset Management
·JM Financial Institutional Securities
·JMATEK
·Jones Lang LaSalle
·JPMorgan Funds
·J-Star
·Jun He Law Firm
·Jungle Ventures
·Kcomber
·KDB Asia
·Kerogen Capital
·KG Investments
·Khazanah Nasional Berhad
·Khazanah Nasional Consulting
·KKR
·Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
·Korea Investment Partners
·KPMG
·Kreab & Gavin Anderson
·Kroll Advisory Solutions
·Kroll Associates
·Kumpulan Wang Persaraan
·L.E.K. Consulting
·LACERA Investments
·Langham Hall
·Latham & Watkins
·LCW Management
·Lee & Ko
·Lee and Li
·Lexington Partners
·LGT Capital Partners
·Liberty Global
·Lightspeed China Partners
·Limited Partners Association of China
·Lockheed Martin Investment Management
·Lombard Private Equity
·Longreach Group
·Lufin Partners
·Lunar Capital
·Luxon Data
·Macquarie Funds Management
·Magic Stone Alternative Investments
·Maples and Calder
·Mazin Lafayette Hotel Endowment Fund
·MBK Partners
·MBO Partenaires
·Mekong Capital
·Mercer
·Mergermarket
·MetLife Investments
·Milltrust International Group
·Ministry of Employment and Labour
·Mitsubishi Corporation
·Mitsubishi Corporation Asset Management
·Mitsui & Co
·Mizuho Bank
·Mizuho Corporate Bank
·Mizuho Global Alternative Investments
·Mizuho Securities
·MJ Hudson
·MLC Investment Management
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27th AnnualPRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE FORUM
AVCJ 2014
Media Coverage
Asian Investor
13 November 2014 - Investors debate China PE industry evolution
Renminbi private equity fund managers are moving to strengthen their operational expertise, say investors, but not all are convinced they have made much progress. (…) Speaking on the same panel, Fang Xiangming, who heads PE investment for China Reinsurance’s asset management arm, was more positive on these managers’ progress. RMB private equity funds are “getting more mature and healthy” than they were two to three years ago, she noted. Since then, consolidation has taken place and the industry is at a “transformational stage”.
The Wall Street Journal
13 November 2014 - Asian Private Equity
So what’s keeping investors in Asia up at night? Here’s the latest chatter from Asia-focused general and limited partners attending the three-day AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum in Hong Kong. (…) Terra Firma Capital Partners Chairman Guy Hands said, tongue-in-cheek, that co-investments are a “necessary evil.” GPs’ mandates don’t necessarily include co-investments, but there needs to be a level of flexibility. (…) Returns from Asia have been strong, but the region is ultimately a volatile market especially as each country is so different in terms of economic growth, currency risk, company valuations and deal-flow. As a result, structuring a fund – specifically a pan-Asian one – to adapt to these points, and having a fund address these requirements is critical, said John Connaughton, a managing director at Bain Capital.
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18 November 2014 - Dow Jones Institutional News
Indian private equity experts are skeptical Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government will have a huge near term impact on the industry as it turns a corner. PE managers speaking at the AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum recently said they would be hesitant to tie up their ability to make returns based on Modi’s potential reforms. Some investors are still betting on companies in sectors that have less government involvement, such as information technology, education and financial services. “This is not the first time someone has bugled reform. Private equity is at the better end of a cyclical revival, and catching up with the public market,” said Gopal Jain, co-founder and managing partner at Gaja Capital. An increase in IPOs on the back of stronger capital markets has helped boost PE firms’ ability to make returns for their investors in the last year.
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