Singapore VC-PE group on mission to collate data for S-EA benchmarks

Singapore

THE Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) is partnering US-based Cambridge Associates to assemble enough data for South-east Asian benchmarks.

It is a mission that industry observers say could draw more funds to the region's private investment space, as long as the benchmark builders can get enough fund managers to share their performance data.

SVCA vice chairman Gary Ng, who is also partner at private equity firm Altair Capital Advisors, told The Business Times that the partnership has no monetary value, but that the association will actively encourage its members t…