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Allowing visitors to read its website in Japanese or Chinese will allow Blackstone to more effectively communicate its message to Asia LPs, said an industry source.

Managers that charge higher fees and carry provide higher returns, according to fresh research.

Funds of funds are interested in emulating BlackRock's one-stop shop for multiple asset classes, but doing so will be challenging, said BlackRock Asia's Joseph Pacini.

Italy’s private equity association will educate graduates in a bid to bring more young people into the industry.

French market watchdog, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), is recommending policymakers simplify French fund structures among other suggestions in its latest AIFM report.

Asian private equity firms find it harder to retain local talent than firms in other regions, according to Dongao Yan, investment director at Squadron Capital.

Perkins Coie has poached two names from rival K&L Gates while Mayer Brown has strengthened its private equity bench in Hong Kong.

Amendments to China’s investment fund law will attempt to harmonise the country's fragmented private equity regulatory regime.

Dusty Wunderlich, a former vice president with embattled placement agent Alfred Villalobos, joined California-based DCA Partners earlier this year.

The way hurdle rates work may compel GPs to push for exits in a way that is not in the best interests of the fund, a study suggests.