Opening Session: How will Asia PE turn an uneven recovery into exits, DPI and durable returns?

• Drew Chen, Partner, Private Equity, Bain Capital
• Aditya Joshi, Managing Partner, Brookfield
• Aravind Krishnan, Managing Director, Blackstone Private Equity Group
• Jason Yao, Deputy Co-head of Asia and Senior Managing Director, Ardian
• Raymond Chan, Managing Director, Head of APAC Credit, CPPIB
• Michelle Teo, Managing Editor, DealStreetAsia [Moderator]

In an increasingly complex operating environment, private equity managers in Asia are adapting their playbooks to global macro dislocations, volatility, liquidity pressures, and regulatory shifts. In this opening session, top allocators and managers from across the region discuss how they are recalibrating capital deployment and biases, while aligning strategies with evolving limited partner dynamics. Amid protracted uncertainty, what drives long-term alpha and defines success?