Private Equity Deals in Asia Face Worst Q1 Since 2015
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The private equity industry had a challenging year in 2023, with weak deal activity and a decline in exits and fundraising. Rapidly rising interest rates led to sharp declines in dealmaking, exits, and fundraising . The exit conundrum has emerged as the most pressing problem, as LPs starved for distributions pull back new allocations from all but the largest, most reliable funds . The long-term outlook remains sound, but breaking the logjam will require more robust approaches to value creation and rapid innovation in liquidity solutions . Deal value and deal count have fallen 60% and 35%, respectively, from their peaks in 2021. Exit value is down 66%, and the number of funds closing is off by nearly 55% . Investments, exits, and the number of buyout funds closed all continued to slide in 2...
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