Fund Managers Are Far Less Giddy About Southeast Asia This Year
- Private capital investment in region plunged in first half
- Slump signals that economies losing out to China and India
Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg
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Southeast Asia is on track to receive less than half the private capital it lured from fund managers in 2016.
Investment across the region’s economies slowed to just $896 million in the first half of 2017, compared with last year’s overall total of $4.2 billion, according to data from the Emerging Market Private Equity Association. Singapore attracted the most funds in the period, followed by Vietnam.