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“The emerging capital market” needs an incentive to start it.
The solution to more lists in Asia includes the presence of more products, information, fund managers and even good exporters, according to Jenny Lee, founder and first administrative partner at Granite ASIA, which is based in Singapore, based in Singapore.
The investment capitalist said that the presence of “Taylor Swift is a subscription of subscriptions”, in the region, will also help, in a sign of a possible acceleration in the public subscription market from the list of a prominent company.
Lee is optimistic about how private companies performed in 2025 after what you call a “terrible year” in 2024. It attributes this possible capture to the basics of private companies and a opening in the inclusion of windows.
He told me that high interest rates in 2024 mean that the public subscription window was “relatively closed” in mature markets such as the United States, China, Hong Kong and several parts of Asia except for Japan and India. She added that the many elections held in 2024 increased the uncertainty about the performance of economies.
Compared to 2023, the public subscription activity in Asia decreased in 2024. There was there 35 % decrease in deals and 51 % in revenues on an annual basisAccording to data from EY.
However, there were some luminous points in the area. India has witnessed 327 list, the highest number in the main public subscription markets. The same data showed that other Asian markets, such as Japan, with 84 and South Korea, which are 75 years old, have also witnessed a great activity of operating subscriptions.
Serena Tan, CEO and co -founder of investment partners in Malaysia, Alfa, sees alpha in the areas of “high growth” within Asia such as health technology and preventive care.
Alpha, in the context of the markets, indicates the ability to generate a higher return on the capital.
Tan added that about 2.3 trillion dollars will be spent on healthcare services in 2026. The sector is likely to grow due to One in four people in the Asia Pacific region will be at least 60 years old by 2050Data from the Asian Development Bank showed.
Speaking at the same Lee event, Tan said that Asian money will raise $ 30 billion in Asia's private stocks this year, led by companies like Blackstoneand Kkr and eqt. A large amount of capital Tan said that the high is likely to flow to India and Japan.
However, it is still important to monitor China and the opportunities that will arise from global dislocation.
Global dislocation arises from events such as driving changes or technological breakthroughs. In the context of the day, examples include US President Donald Trump threatens definitionsAnd Chinese starting Deepseek Launching the artificial intelligence model that only costs millions of training.
Investing in private markets
Tan told CNBC separately, that the private market assets-such as private stocks and investment capital-are less volatile than public markets and provide fixed returns in the long run.
“Investors must invest through the life cycle and the growth of companies, from the private sector to public places. If investors want to experience growth, they need to be exposed in private marketsandTan said.
She added that these private investments in Asia provide a fixed internal return rate from 10 % to 20 %, depending on the investment, geography and industry strategy.
She said that there are 140,000 companies of their annual revenues exceeding $ 100 million, compared to only 19,000 public companies wandering in the same amount. “It is a ridiculous percentage, but because there is a limited benefit for companies to the public today if you do not need capital or lights.”
Opportunities in Asia's private stock space lies in the small and medium -sized market players, starting with waste recycling companies to manufacturers of packaging materials, according to Tan.
