EQT Nexus Asia will allocate across EQT Private Capital’s closed-ended large-cap and mid-market strategies targeting companies within healthcare, services, technology and industrial technology in India, Korea, Japan, Greater China, Southeast Asia and ANZ, the firm said in a statement.

Asia Pacific is home to around 60 per cent of the world’s population and a $35 trillion economy growing at over 4 per cent per annum. By 2035, the region is expected to account for 3.2 billion of the world’s five billion middle-class consumers, providing a strong foundation for economic growth. Yet despite representing around 60 per cent of global economic growth, Asia receives less than 5 per cent of global private equity capital. 

The firm highlighted that Asia Pacific has a large universe of companies with the potential to scale in growth and operational maturity, offering significant opportunities for active ownership and value creation. Supported by increasingly domestically-driven growth, lower correlation with Western economic cycles, and robust IPO markets, the region provides a favourable backdrop for long-term private equity investing.

“EQT Nexus Asia is designed to provide eligible individual investors and institutions access to Asia’s evolving private markets landscape,” Sueann Yeo, head of Global Wealth Solutions, Asia Pacific, at EQT, said. “Through a single evergreen strategy, investors can gain diversified exposure to EQT Private Capital’s Asia platform across sectors and strategies, backed by EQT’s long-standing local footprint and proven track record of building strong companies across the region.”

“Asia stands out as one of the world’s most attractive regions for long-term investment, underpinned by large domestic economies, favourable demographics and strong structural tailwinds,” Hari Gopalakrishnan, co-head of EQT Private Capital Asia, added.