Our role as “go-between” EU/ASEAN markets is to facilitate (i) SME with International debt capital services such as debt structuring, debt origination and placement , (ii) Alternative Investments fund managers to “passport” Alternative Funds such as Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Structured products
Private equity is equity, or ownership, not listed on a public exchange. Private equity firms raise funds from non-institutional and institutional investors and use that money to buy a business with the goal of later selling it to make a profit.
Depending on what stage the company is in, private equity investments can take on different forms, such as:
When a company is looking to grow its business, it may not have the money or assets to expand. Instead, it might take on private debt, or receive a loan from a private debt fund, as an alternative to bank lending.
Firms that offer private debt typically make money off interest payments from the loan provided, as well as from the repayment of the loan itself. Private debt is illiquid and cannot be traded, yet can balance out a firm’s fixed-income investments.
A hedge fund is a pooled investment structure that uses different strategies to earn alpha, or an active return on investment. Hedge funds are exclusively for high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors and operate with much less regulatory oversight by the Regulators. Most hedge funds invest in traditional securities, such as stocks, bonds, and commodities.
A common hedge fund strategy is long/short equity lin which investors will take a long position, or buy, a stock they think will rise in value and take a short position, or sell, a stock expected to decline. The goal is to minimize the amount an investor can lose, while profiting from gains from the long position and price declines from the short position.
Real estate is typically known as an alternative when individuals buy property such as office buildings or residential apartments as an investment.
Real estate shares similar characteristics with bonds, in that landlords earn current cash flow from tenants, and equity, in that their goal is to increase the value of their property over time. Yet, an added benefit of real estate is that the market is less volatile than stocks and bonds.
Investors who don’t want to be landlords might put their money into a real estate investment trust (REIT). A REIT manager will invest their money in different properties, and then manage and collect rent on those properties. Investors will earn annual profits in the form of dividends, or a share in the properties’ profits.
For International Alternative Investment Managers:
We provide customized support for fund-raising in EU/ASEAN
For EU/ASEAN Alternative Fund Institutional Investors:
We offer high value-added investment opportunities through introduction of alternative investment managers.
(i) education for Limited Partners (“LPs”) on EU/ASEAN private equity markets, including Asia Alternatives’ own in-house market research;
(ii) access to fund managers (“GPs”) in Alternatives’ investment portfolio through transparent reporting and facilitating meetings between GPs and LPs;
(iii) providing opportunities to co-invest alongside of Asia Alternatives’ funds where appropriate;
(iv) best-practice reporting and dedicated, on-call client service support. Cross-border expertise