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🌟 Exciting takeaways from Ming Lu's remarkable opening keynote 🚀 🔹 Asia’s economic backdrop and optimism for growth: Expectations are high as Asia's growth is set to accelerate across multiple asset classes, presenting sizable investable opportunities. Key drivers include the urbanized middle class and tech-savvy digital native population, low-carbon and digital economy, infrastructure development, and capital solutions to dynamic Asia enterprises.💼 📊 Long-term Macroeconomic Fundamentals: Asia is projected to account for over half of global growth from 2022 to 2027, creating a need for long-term capital and opening opportunities for alternatives in Asia to gain market share. 📊 Asia's Economic Backdrop: The new regime of interest rates with higher resting rates has significant implications. Four “D”s - demographics, de-globalization, decarbonization, and digitalization - are shaping Asia's operating environment and transforming its economy. 📊 Megatrends Driving Investment Themes: Asia's modern consumer, digital acceleration, and evolution of the Asian industry are long-term investment drivers. Infrastructure needs and energy transition towards net-zero carbon emissions are also key themes. 📊 PE Opportunity: Private Equity offers a gateway to access Asia's exciting themes, as certain sectors and themes are scarce in Asia's public markets. Tech, consumer, and advanced manufacturing sectors dominate Asia's PE landscape. 📊 Long Runway for Alternatives: Asia's alternatives AUM has historically grown faster than in the US and Europe, with forecasts predicting even faster growth ahead. 🔹 Unlocking Value: Asia's growth potential is yet to fully manifest in returns. Various avenues exist to enhance returns and unlock value in Asia's alternative investments. Capital markets, deep talent pool, AI adoption, and industry consolidation play pivotal roles in unlocking value.🌏 🔓 Capital Market Development: Asia's capital market liquidity is growing, making equity markets in emerging Asia a viable exit path for sponsors. The leveraged finance market has room to grow, and private credit funds are supporting sponsors. 🔓 Deep Talent Pool and Innovation: Asia's focus on STEM education and innovation contribute to value creation, with China and India leading in STEM graduates, and China Japan, and Korea leading patent applications. 🔓 AI Adoption: Asia is ahead in AI deployment, with China and India at the forefront. Embracing AI can yield the most significant advantages for China and the US. 🔓 Industry Consolidation: Many of Asia's industries are less consolidated compared to their US counterparts, presenting opportunities for growth and value creation. #HKVCA #APEF

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Good speakers covering interesting topics lined up for this seminar.

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Join Afam as he shares his transformative experience at the Property Wealth Discovery Day led Dr.Daniel Moses. In this captivating video, Afam reveals the invaluable lessons he learned, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and seeking guidance to avoid past mistakes. Having been in the property business for close to nine years, Afam recognized the need to expand his knowledge and enhance his strategies. He highlights the significance of asking questions and seeking guidance, as it puts individuals on the right path to success. Afam acknowledges that despite his own experience, joining the Property Wealth Discovery Day was a game-changer for him. He encourages others, regardless of their level of expertise, to join and benefit from the wealth of knowledge and support offered by Property Wealth Education. Afam firmly believes in the competence of the PWE team, stating that they know what they're doing. He expresses his confidence in the organization's ability to guide individuals towards property investment success. Afam emphasizes that he is continuously learning and holds no regrets for partnering with PWE, as they have been instrumental in his journey. Don't miss out on this! Click the link https://lnkd.in/e8JuEUX9 to join PWE and unlock your own potential in the world of property investment. #PropertyWealthDiscoveryDay #propertyinvestment #continuouslearning #inspiringjourney #empowerment

Each event of the International Conference on #BusinessModels in #Agriculture (IBMA) indicates progress in fulfilling its defined long-term strategic process, which also applies to the IBMA Conference 2024. The second IBMA conference has ended, but the process it declared at its establishment, as set below, keeps kicking and alive every minute, hour, week, and month, increasing and crystalizing from one conference to the other. The IBMA acceleration process will accelerate the achievement of its declared goals (set below and on the IBMA site) at the third conference, which will be held in Kenya in March 2025. Now is the time to ensure your impact on Africa and smallholders in developing economies by contacting me and taking your place as a Speaker, Attendee, and Sponsor. Don't wait for tomorrow; there is only now, and now is the best time for you to shine as an entrepreneur, decision-maker, investor, academy researcher, leader, and visionary in your domain. Continue reading (to the column) - https://lnkd.in/dtTeSCMV?

We’re wrapping up the first #PPASA session here at the #ASAIC23. Ivo Kostov gave attendees a broad overview of the development of valuation worldwide during the last 130 years. #ASAappraisers

Interaction of Intangible and Tangible Assets is live, led by Justin Burgess and Kurt Huie, ASA. #ASAIC23 attendees learn about the various moving parts of a fair value analysis when both intangible and tangible assets are present. #ASABV #ASAAppraisers

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