THE ongoing impact of the Covid-19 crisis and geopolitical tensions are seen as the key risks for deal-making in Asia Pacific.
But private equity (PE) investors still regard the region as an attractive market, offering a huge opportunity for the PE industry, according to a survey by financial data provider Mergermarket on behalf of Dechert LLP.
“Not only does Asia Pacific have an unmatched economic profile – both in size and growth – it is significantly under-penetrated by PE, ” Dechert/Mergermarket explains in the recently published Global Private Equity Outlook 2021 report.