Big players in global finance eye South-east Asia investments

SINGAPORE – Private equity investors with billions of dollars to spend are now keenly eyeing promising opportunities in key sectors across South-east Asia, including healthcare and technology. This comes after such investments and other deal flows fell to a five-year low in 2023.

The region’s growing population, increasing affluence and supportive regulatory policies have caught the attention of some of the biggest players in global finance.

An executive at the giant US investment firm KKR told The Straits Times that the company’s…