Diversifying your Asia exposure with Zhiyao Ma and Hansong Qu
About this episode
This episode discusses the investment opportunities in Japan and India as alternatives to China.
In this episode of RPM, Zhiyao Ma and Hansong Qu, Vice Presidents on StepStone's Asia Private Equity team, join co-host Anna Marcus to discuss the investment case for Japan and India and why these markets may be top of mind for investors looking at China +1 alternatives. The focus on Japan and India (2:21) Growing deal volume in Japan (4:15) Misconceptions about Japan PE (7:17) India's investment pitch (8:44) The India opportunity set (11:47) Advice for investors (20:12) For more on this topic, read our "Diversifying your Asia exposure" whitepaper series which includes papers on Japan private equity and India private equity . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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