Will SE Asia predominantly be a mid-market PE play?

  • Luyi Zheng, Managing Director, ShawKwei & Partners
  • Danny Koh, Founder & CEO, Tower Capital Asia
  • Joshua Morris, Founding Partner & CEO, Emerging Markets Investment Advisers
  • Colin Dunne, Partner, Navis Capital Partners
  • Kavitha Nair, Senior Reporter, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

Small and middle segments, across geographies and strategies, still represent the vast majority of opportunities in private equity. Especially in SE Asia’s private capital industry, small- and mid-cap deals have constituted a lion’s share. SE Asia’s mid-market segment has garnered the interest of asset allocators at a time when capital flow in China is slowly starting to dry up.
Despite their attractiveness, mid-sized funds and asset allocators do have to face the challenge of operating in a diverse and fragmented market. How will the dynamics of the mid-market segment play out in 2025 and beyond?