Drew Wilson

The $25 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund will seek North American energy sector deals with KKR.

The world’s largest pension fund will co-invest with OMERS and DBJ in infrastructure, with a PE alliance next.

The ASEAN region will require $1trn in infrastructure funding over the next seven years, delegates heard at the PEI Global Alternatives Investment Forum in Tokyo.

The compelling growth story of Southeast Asia is increasingly attracting new market participants, but local knowledge will bring a strategic advantage, according to a BCG report.

In Asia, more than half of the region had scores below the global average on Transparency International’s 2012 Corruptions Perception Index.

Seven years after the first private equity funds were established in Korea, domestic firms have attracted significant capital. But investing it is another story.