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PAG Raises $6 Billion for a New Fund to Invest in Asia, FT Says

PAG Raises $6 Billion for a New Fund to Invest in Asia, FT Says

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong-based private equity firm PAG has raised $6 billion for a new fund, the Financial Times reported, citing several unidentified people with knowledge of the matter.

PAG’s new fund was largely raised from U.S. pension funds as well as backing from the sovereign wealth funds of Kuwait and Singapore, the newspaper said.

PAG’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Shan Weijian has a worldwide mandate, but focuses mainly on Asia, especially China, according to the FT.

To contact the reporter on this story: Deana Kjuka in Prague at dkjuka@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Christopher Kingdon at ckingdon@bloomberg.net, Deana Kjuka

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