How are private equity managers rethinking value creation amid global macro dislocations? What does it take to win in Japan today? How far is Gulf capital redefining private equity engagement in Asia? Can private capital help close Asia’s infrastructure gap? How will policy tailwinds reshape the PE exit paradigm in China?
Join us for the tenth edition of the Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore (Sept 10-11) to know how asset allocators and private equity fund managers are reading the Asia opportunity amid macroeconomic headwinds.
Day one of the summit will feature the Private Equity and Investment Summit and the Limited Partners Summit tracks.
The Private Equity and Investment Summit track sessions focus on attractive investment pockets in Asia, the rise of Middle East capital, new PE strategies unfolding in China, and the mega infrastructure opportunity in Asia. The track will feature top private equity fund managers and investors from a broad spectrum of strategies, including middle-market to buyouts.
The LP track will bring together speakers from fund-of-funds, family offices, state-backed funds, and more. These sessions aim to provide thought leadership content and nuanced perspectives from the LP community. The LP track will focus on trends related to allocations and geographical bias, secondaries strategy, private wealth and the China opportunity.
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Day 1 Schedule
Private Equity and Investment Summit
8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration & Networking Coffee
9:00 am – 9:15 am | Welcome Address by Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia
9:20 am – 10:10 am | Opening Session – Navigating the Storm: Are Global Headwinds Reshaping Asia’s Private Equity Playbook?
Global macro dislocations – from interest rate volatility to geopolitical and regulatory shifts – are challenging private equity managers to rethink how and where they create value. In this opening session, seasoned managers from India, China, the Middle East and Southeast Asia share how they’re adapting investment strategies, navigating liquidity pressures, and aligning with evolving LP expectations in an increasingly complex global environment.
- Nikhil Srivastava, Partner, Co-Head of Private Equity, PAG
- Huanan Yang, Partner & Chief Financial Officer, HOPU Investments
- Kerrine Koh, Head of South East Asia, Hamilton Lane
- Cyrus Driver, Managing Director, Partners Group
- Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
10:10 am – 10:40 am | Networking Coffee Break
10:40 am – 11:30 am | A Region Recalibrated: How Southeast Asia’s GPs Are Navigating a Changed Private Equity Landscape
Southeast Asia’s private equity environment is undergoing a fundamental rethink. Faced with rising LP scrutiny, tougher fundraising conditions, delayed exits, and regulatory friction across fragmented markets, GPs are being forced to innovate, both structurally and strategically. This panel brings together leaders from global and regional firms to explore the rise of secondary structures and continuation funds, sectoral pivots and evolving capital deployment models, and exit alternatives amid IPO softness. It will also examine how GPs are working to restore LP confidence across the region. As SEA’s role in global private equity shifts, what will define successful investing in the cycle ahead?
- Omar Mahmoud, Managing Director, Creador Private Equity
- Alex Yang, Managing Partner and Head of Greater China and SE Asia, Brookfield’s Private Equity Group
- Amit Kunal, Managing Partner, Growtheum Capital Partners
- Aravind Krishnan, Managing Director, Blackstone Private Equity Group
- Pimfha Chan, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
11:35 am – 12:25 pm | China’s PEs design new playbooks to capture upsides in shifting market
A complex domestic and international environment has prompted China-focused fund managers to develop new playbooks for almost all aspects of their businesses, from fundraising and investment to post-deal management and exit. While ongoing geopolitical tensions, alongside structural and cyclical changes, challenge their PE endeavours, long-term investors remain patient as they set sights on the country’s accelerating M&A momentum and continue to seek undervalued opportunities across resilient industries.
How have PE investors strategised to capture upside in China’s shifting market dynamics? Which industries hold great promise in delivering lucrative returns? As exit pressure mounts, what are the alternative exit channels? And how will Beijing’s policy tailwinds for M&A and domestic IPOs reshape the PE exit paradigm?
- Lane Zhao, Founder and CEO, InnoVision Capital
- Jun Qian, Head of Private Equity China, Schroders Capital
- Philip Hu, Founding Member & Managing Director, Primavera Capital
- Boon Chew, Managing Partner and Senior Managing Director, Trustar Capital
- Eudora Wang, Deputy Editor, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
12:25 pm – 1:25 pm | Networking Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm | From Niche to Necessary: Can Private Credit in Asia Deliver at Scale?
Private credit in Asia is shedding its niche status and gaining ground as a core allocation for global investors. From structured solutions in Japan to performing credit in India and Southeast Asia, the region is seeing rising demand, but also intense scrutiny around deal origination, pricing, and risk. This session brings together leading allocators and managers to discuss how they are navigating the complexity of Asia’s fragmented markets while scaling strategies, deepening local presence, and delivering real value.
- Nilesh Shrivastava, Partner, Strategic Opportunities Fund, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
- Johnny Adji, Head of Alternative Investments, Mercer Asia
- Sumit Bhandari, Lead Portfolio Manager, Asia Private Credit, Allianz Global Investors
- Justin Hooley, Head of APAC Private Credit, Barings’ Asia Pacific Private Finance Group
- Benjamin Fanger, Managing Partner, ShoreVest Partners
- Ngoc Nguyen, Deputy Editor (Vietnam), DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
2:25 pm – 3:20 pm | Private equity’s prescription for Asia’s healthcare boom
Asia’s healthcare market has remained resilient amid broader market volatility, driven by rising demand, demographic tailwinds, and unmet medical needs. With deal activity accelerating across China, India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, how are private equity investors identifying scalable opportunities across hospital networks, medtech, and digital health? What makes healthcare one of the most durable, high-conviction bets in the region?
- Dr Amit Kakar, Head of Asia, Novo Holdings Asia
- Billy Cho, Senior Managing Director, Private Equity and Head of Joint Value Creation, CBC Group
- Hoda Abou-Jamra, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, TVM Capital Healthcare
- Ramesh Kannan, Partner, Somerset Indus Capital Partners
- Abrar Mir, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Quadria Capital
- Kavitha Nair, Senior Reporter, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
3:25 pm – 3:55 pm | Networking Coffee Break
3:55 pm – 4:35 pm | Anchors, Builders, Partners: How Gulf Capital is Scaling Asia’s Private Platforms
Gulf-based investors are leaning into control, growth equity, and co-creation across Asia, stepping up as key partners in JV-led platforms, mid-market consolidation, and industrial scale-ups. As traditional Western LPs pull back, capital from the Gulf is increasingly filling the void, reshaping private equity flows with sovereign mandates, diversification agendas, and long-duration capital.
This panel explores how Middle East capital is redefining private equity engagement in Asia, dictating new terms across co-investments, fund structures, and platform strategies. What are the emerging deal templates? What do Gulf LPs want? And how can Asian GPs align with this rising force?
- Shantanu Mukerji, Managing Director, Private Equity, Gulf Capital
- Cliff Chau, Managing Partner, ewpartners
- Michael Chou, Partner, Head of Operations & MENA, Templewater
- Soyena Dhakal, Director of Funds, Finex Hong Kong
- Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
4:40 pm – 5:20 pm | India’s Private Equity Comeback: Exits, Evolution, and Endgames
India’s private equity market is entering a new phase – one defined not by dry powder or delayed exits, but by deal momentum, sectoral shifts, and an increasingly sophisticated exit playbook. After a challenging period marked by macro uncertainty and LP scrutiny, GPs are now capitalising on a stronger public market, strategic sales, and an uptick in secondary transactions. From healthcare and renewables to consumer tech and financial services, India is delivering real DPI, not just paper returns. This panel gathers leading GPs and allocators to explore how India has flipped the narrative, what’s fueling the current wave of exits, and whether this resurgence marks the start of a new investment cycle or the peak of a maturing one.
- Roshini Bakshi, Managing Director, Private Equity and Head of Impact, Everstone Capital Asia
- Shaun Khubchandani, Partner, Co-Head of Emerging Markets, Siguler Guff & Company
- Jason Sambanju, Partner, CEO & Founder, Foundation Private Equity
- Hywel Phillip, Partner and General Counsel, Synergy Capital
- Vibhuti Sharma, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
5:20 pm – 6:00 pm | Closing Session: Asia’s Infrastructure Revolution: The multi-trillion-dollar opportunity?
Asia is entering an infrastructure inflection point, and private equity is primed to lead. McKinsey estimates approximately US$8 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next decade across the region, with around US $1 trillion open to private capital via PPPs, renewable energy, digital connectivity, transport, and more. Experts peg Asia’s total infrastructure gap at a staggering US$26 trillion through 2030.
This panel brings together leading practitioners to explore how fund managers are architecting PPPs, greenfield deals, and brownfield turnarounds, map the strategic risk–return equation in volatile markets, evaluate the role of digital & renewable infrastructure as new growth arteries, even as our speakers debate on how far private capital can go in closing Asia’s infrastructure gap.
- Niels Christian Holst, Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Yuyu Peng, Head of China Renewable Infrastructure, Schroders Capital
- Khan Yow, Managing Director, Seraya Partners
- Katrina Bianca Cuaresma, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
Limited Partners Summit
10:40 am – 10:45 am | Welcome Address by Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia
10:45 am – 11:35 am | Opening Session: How are global LPs assessing Asia’s potential?
As macroeconomic volatility, rising interest rates, and geopolitical fragmentation reshape global capital flows, LPs are recalibrating their strategies. In Asia, this has triggered a pivot toward buyouts and structured equity, and selective allocations to diverse markets. Will the next cycle be defined by disciplined deployment, strategic concentration, and a sharper focus on liquidity and control? Will LPs emphasise diversification, risk management, and partnerships with experienced local GPs?
- Kelvin Yap, Managing Director, Singapore, HarbourVest
- Brian Lim, Partner & Head of Asia and Emerging Markets Investment Teams, Pantheon Ventures
- Serena Tan, Co-Founder and CEO, Gaia Investment Partners
- Michael Liu, Managing Director, Future Standard
- Brooke Zhou, Partner, LGT Capital Partners
- Kavitha Nair, Senior Reporter, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
11:35 am – 12:25 pm | Can LPs ignore China despite macro headwinds?
More Chinese GPs are returning to the market for fundraising this year, but not all such efforts will bear fruits amid LPs’ concerns over a slowing domestic economy, persistent geopolitical & tariff risks, and exit challenges. Following a year in which US dollar fundraising and investment activity dropped to a decade low, the DeepSeek moment seems to have reignited LP interest in the Chinese market. Are global LPs truly coming back to the Chinese market for new capital deployment? If not yet, when? Where does China fit into a global fund portfolio? What does it take for foreign LPs to work with GPs investing under a China mandate these days? Where to find undervalued opportunities in China with great promises amid its economic pivots?
- Kent Chen, Managing Director and Head of Asia Private Equity, Neuberger Berman
- Gary Hui, Senior VP, Head of Hong Kong Office, Wilshire
- Frankie Fang, Founding Managing Partner, Starquest Capital
- Vincent Hsu, Partner, StepStone
- Dennis Kwan, Managing Director, Private Capital Advisory, Jefferies Hong Kong Limited
- Stephanie Li, Reporter, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
12:25 pm – 1:25 pm | Networking Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:25 pm | Can Asia’s Secondaries Market Deliver on Investor Expectations?
As Asia’s private markets continue to mature, the secondaries landscape is gaining increased attention from investors seeking liquidity. This panel will explore whether the region’s GP-led and LP-led market has developed sufficient depth, transparency and deal flow to meet growing investor demand. Industry leaders will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and innovations shaping Asia’s secondaries ecosystem.
- Lay Hong Lee, Managing Director, Flexstone Partners
- Karen Tse, Principal, Investment, Coller Capital
- Yuliang Chen, Founding Partner, Bee Alternatives Ltd. (BAL)
- Desmond Lee, Business Unit Partner, TPG NewQuest
- Pimfha Chan, Correspondent, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
2:25 pm – 3:25 pm | Private wealth is having its moment in the sun
Traditional LPs, such as pension funds and endowments, have tightened their allocations in response to market volatility, prompting GPs to look beyond institutional capital. Even as most of the money is still coming from institutional investors, Asia’s swelling ranks of wealth have emerged as a powerful funding base for global PE managers. From the rise of bespoke investment structures to the role of family offices and private banks as key intermediaries, the panel will delve into how PE firms are adapting their strategies, what retail investors are seeking in return, and what this means for the future dynamics of capital formation in the region.
- Henry Chui, Co-Head of Asia & Head of Private Wealth Asia Pacific, Partners Group
- Sueann Yeo, Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific Private Wealth Client Relations and Capital Raising, EQT Partners
- Jacqueline Zhuang, Managing Director, Head of Global Wealth Solutions Asia Pacific ex-Japan, KKR
- Emma Ooi, Managing Director, Development & Solutions, Azalea Investment Management Pte. Ltd.
- Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-chief, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
3:25 pm – 4:00 pm | Networking Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Japan’s Private Equity Moment: Real Momentum or Cyclical Mirage?
Japan’s private equity market is no longer the sleeping giant of Asia. Long considered opaque and difficult to access, it’s now entering what many insiders are calling a ‘golden age’. Fundraising momentum is strong, DPI performance has been robust, and new entrants are tapping into a vast universe of succession-driven buyouts, carve-outs, and take-privates tied to governance and exchange reforms.
Demographics are aligning with macro tailwinds: tens of thousands of family-owned businesses face succession issues, and entry multiples remain compelling versus Western markets. At the same time, rising shareholder activism, a maturing LP base, and regulatory support are injecting fresh energy into the market.
This panel will examine what it takes to win in Japan today. How investors can position themselves to navigate cultural nuance, seize under-the-radar opportunities, and build sustainable returns in the world’s third-largest economy.
- Gregory Rokuro Hara, Chief Executive and Managing Partner, Chairman of the Investment Committee, J-STAR
- Kazushige Kobayashi, Managing Director, MCP Asset Management
- CK Choun, Partner, Representative Director, Integral Global Tech Partners
- Stephanie Li, Reporter, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
4:45 pm to 5:30 pm | Closing Session: The case for emerging fund managers
As Asia’s private equity landscape matures, Limited Partners face a timely question: are they overlooking outsized returns by sidelining emerging managers? This panel challenges prevailing assumptions around risk, performance, and scalability in early-fund GPs. Drawing on global data and local insight, the panel focuses on the next decade of alpha and if it could come from managers outside the traditional mold—sector specialists, spinouts, and first-time teams with institutional-grade discipline. A look at the practical lens for evaluating emerging managers, frameworks for risk-adjusted allocation, and insights into why now may be the right time to lean in.
- Sanjay Gujral, Senior Advisor, GreenBear Group LLC
- Sam Robinson, Senior Advisor, North-East Asset Management Singapore
- Michele Lee, Managing Director, Mizuho Securities Singapore, Capstone Partners
- Padmanabh (Paddy) Sinha, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, LaunchBay
- Vikram Lokur, Head of Institutional Distribution for Southeast Asia & Hong Kong, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
- Kavitha Nair, Senior Reporter, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Networking and Cocktails
