Demand for robust independent valuations up in Asia

GROWING levels of private investment into the Asia-Pacific region are driving demand for independent valuations and, progressively, third-party valuations - building upon the already increasing need for more robust and timely valuation data, following the global financial crisis.

General partners (GPs) - who manage private investment funds, such as hedge funds and private equity funds - rely on valuations for their investment decisions. But, increasingly, limited partners (LPs) - who invest in such funds - are also demanding transparent, reasonable and consistent valuations on an ongoing basis to make informative asset allocation decisions.

Taking a closer look at this issue are international investment bank Houlihan Lokey, independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence service Mergermarket, and Mergermarket's publishing, market research and events division Remark.