The most coveted late-stage investment opportunities in Asia rarely need family office capital. The firms that are getting in are offering something else entirely.
While Hong Kong leverages tax breaks and China connectivity, Singapore’s regulatory stability is cementing its role as the region’s primary governance anchor.
Hong Kong’s proposed tax overhaul promises to ease frictions for asset managers and family offices, extending concessions to private credit, commodities, and digital assets.
NZ Superfund makes senior appointments; QIC natural capability head departs; T. Rowe Price hires China business head; Morningstar APAC CIO steps down; and more.
Thailand’s SEC to overhaul regulatory frameworks for IPOs, cross-listings, ETFs; Maharlika SWF assigns $10m bridge loan to a copper-gold project; Li Lin's family office transfers its investment arm to capitalise on HK's bitcoin ambitions; and more.
Local equities are increasingly viewed as resilient havens amid Middle East-driven volatility, underpinned by structural energy security and a tech-focused IPO market.
Retail inflows into semi-liquid funds are expanding Asia’s private credit market as stress points migrate toward developed economies and more vulnerable borrower segments.
As the ‘frontier’ of AI keeps moving, Hong Kong Investment Corporation is diversifying into experimental sectors such as embodied AI while deepening its strategic footprint through sovereign co-investment partnerships.