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OUTLOOK 2024

South-east Asia’s private equity investors eye healthcare, energy, digital infrastructure

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Sharanya Pillai

Sharanya Pillai

Published Mon, Jan 15, 2024 · 05:00 AM
    • The healthcare space is especially of interest, given the region’s rapid population growth and rising demand for chronic care services.
    • The healthcare space is especially of interest, given the region’s rapid population growth and rising demand for chronic care services. PHOTO: PIXABAY

    PRIVATE equity (PE) investors are sitting on too much dry powder, and 2024 might be the year they find enough confidence to deploy a big scoop of it.

    South-east Asia’s PE investors are particularly keen on the healthcare and clean energy sectors, industry watchers and players told The Business Times.

    Building optimism in public equities could fuel private markets too, as portfolio managers rebalance.

    Private equityOutlook 2024Asean BusinessAseanSouth-east Asia

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