Current job market in PE - HK, China, and other Asia

Seems like dealmaking in Asia and China by foreign PE firms has plummeted since 2021 amid geopolitical tensions between the US and China.

For those of you who are in Hong Kong, how are you guys doing in this market? Have you survived layoffs? Do you still review a lot of deals? What’s the job security like?

Do you still see some job positions from PE firms? What was your recruiting experience, whether it was for China or the rest of Asia?

Which market (China, SEA, India, Japan, Korea, etc) or asset class (buyout, growth, VC, infra, private credit, secondaries, etc.) do you think is still doing relatively better than others?

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