Eric Mason, managing director at the Church Pension Fund. Credit: HKVCA.

Given the lacklustre global IPO market of 2022, limited partners (LPs) are more likely to look for alternative exit options like continuation funds and secondaries this year.

“Exit channels have diversified, we are no longer IPO-dependent,” said Doug Coulter, partner at LGT Capital Partners, at a panel discussion at the Asia Private Equity Forum in Hong Kong on Friday. Coulter added that IPOs accounted for only about 20% of the exits for LGT Capital in the late 2010s.