StepStone Group- Fri, 10/10/2025 - 13:11

RPM Ep. 53 | Diversifying your Asia Exposure with Zhiyao Ma and Hansong Qu

In this episode of RPM, Zhiyao Ma and Hansong Qu, Vice Presidents on StepStone’s Asia Private Equity team, join co-host Anna Marcus to discuss the investment case for Japan and India and why these markets may be top of mind for investors looking at China +1 alternatives.

The focus on Japan and India (2:21)
Growing deal volume in Japan (4:15)
Misconceptions about Japan PE (7:17)
India’s investment pitch (8:44)
The India opportunity set (11:47)
Advice for investors (20:12)

For more on this topic, read our “Diversifying your Asia exposure” whitepaper series which includes papers on Japan private equity and India private equity.

Read the transcript .

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