AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum
Asia's premier private equity & venture event for the last 36 years
LIVE Broadcast & In Person
Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong & Online
14
Nov
Portfolio construction: The appetite for Asia
- Does Asia represent an attractive risk-return proposition?
- What makes exposure to Asia important from a portfolio diversification perspective?
- Is now the time to consolidate GP relationships in the region?
- Which is preferable: broad pan-regional coverage or sector specialist managers?
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SpeakersRebecca Xu Co-Founder and Managing Director ASIA ALTERNATIVES
Shan Chen Lead Portfolio Manager PSPRS
Jacob Shu Associate Director, Private Markets UNIVERSITY PENSION PLAN
Liam Coppinger Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Asia MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
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Rebecca Xu is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Asia Alternatives. Ms. Xu splits her time between Asia Alternatives’ Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong offices. Ms. Xu is on the Firm’s Investment Committee and co[1]leads Asia Alternatives’ investments in growth and venture capital funds, focusing most of her time on Asia Alternatives’ China investments.
Prior to starting Asia Alternatives, Ms. Xu was a Senior Investment Officer at the Funds Group of the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group. There, she had the primary responsibility of leading IFC’s fund investing and portfolio supervision in Asia for over six years. Previously, Ms. Xu also worked at McKinsey & Co, Inc. (Washington D.C.) and HSBC (Hong Kong).
Ms. Xu received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, China. Ms. Xu is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Ms. Xu currently serves on the Advisory Boards for a number of Asia Alternatives’ China and India private equity funds. In addition, she serves as the Chairwoman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA) and on the Board of the Chun Hui Bo’ai Children’s Foundation.
Shan Chen joined AZ PSPRS, a $20 billion state public pension, in 2007. He currently leads the investment efforts in Private Equity and Real Assets. His responsibilities have included primary fund due diligence, secondary transactions, co-investments, and separately managed accounts. Over his tenure at PSPRS, he has overseen fixed income, credit, and public equity portfolios. Shan Chen earned his BS from Peking University, his Ph.D. from the University of Louisville, and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Jacob Shu is an Associate Director, Private Markets at University Pension Plan ("UPP") and leads UPP's private equity asset class. UPP is a jointly sponsored pension plan tailored by and for Ontario, Canada’s university sector. Prior to UPP, Jacob was at Manulife Investment Management and invested across fund, co-investment, and direct investment opportunities in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and held various LPAC and board/board observer positions. Before Manulife, Jacob began his investing career focused on U.S. lower middle-market buyout. He holds the Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) designation and graduated from the University of Waterloo.
Liam is based in Hong Kong and is responsible for leading Manulife’s private equity investment activities in the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Manulife in 2006 and was based in Toronto until relocating to Hong Kong in 2016. Liam is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.