ChinaVenture's Beijing LP Summit to Boost PE Investment in China.

BEIJING -- According to the Second LP Survey recently completed by the most trusted Chinese PE investment optimizer, Chinaventure Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., nearly 40% of respondents stated that they would enhance their investment activity in China in 2009. However, waves of massive reshufflings in PE sector in the wake of the global financial crisis have already reshaped the landscape on China's capital market, with the weakest being either forced out or gobbled up by the fittest. The statistical data in the Annual Report on Domestic VC & PE Investments & Fundraisings - 2008, recently released by ChinaVenture, suggested that throughout the past year of 2008, 117 newly raised funds in China netted a total of USD 19.917 billion, with the average fund size being USD 170 million. The numbers of funds both completed and commencing their first closings followed a similar developmental trajectory: dipping slightly from their respective peaks in the second quarter or the third quarter last year.

Despite green shoots signaling Chinese recovery since the beginning of 2009, the economic picture in China is still darkened by uncertainties at least in the near future. In such a faltering economic context, to feel the pulse of domestic Limited Partners and figure out their investment intentions will, without doubt, have important implications for further strategies. No other opportunities come just as timely and meaningful as the upcoming ChinaVenture's Beijing LP Summit, which, scheduled to be held on June 16, 2009, will serve as an exchange platform for LPs both at home and abroad to envision industrial development prospects, explore their fund-focused investment strategies, and negotiate their cooperation opportunities. Apart from a galaxy of elite Limited Partners, also present at the session will be couples of best General Partners, who will share their fundraising experiences and lessons with their peers.

This session will offer you the following benefits:

To Initiate Foreign Limited Partners to Potential Investment Opportunities and Expected Portfolio Risks in China's PE Market

The devastating financial tsunami caught the whole world on the wrong foot, playing a huge havoc with the global virtual as well as real economies. Amidst this catastrophic economic collapse, even seasoned institutional investors ever since dominating overseas capital markets, such as pension funds and endowment funds, failed to escape unscathed. Lowered liquidities and undervalued portfolios forced Limited Partners to be more cautious about investing in funds. What are the current status, developmental trend and prospect of Chinese investment market from the perspective of foreign Limited Partners? How should foreign Limited Partners identify and assess their local General Partners? How should they control their investment risks? How should they optimize their investment portfolios? And how should foreign Limited Partners ensure their interests to be aligned with General Partners? All these are tricky issues that must be answered and tackled.

To Help Local Limited Partners Gain a Better Insight Into Growth Opportunities and Development Strategies

For the Chinese investment community, the narrowed capital exit channels must be unclogged. The to-be-launched GEB (Growth Enterprise Board) will, without doubt, create an enabling environment for the revival of domestic PE investment market. How should local Limited Partners seize the opportunities from the fast development of Chinese investment market? How should local Limited Partners draw on their Western peers' well-proven experience to grow stronger? How should RMB funds, amid repeated unavailability of private capital sources, develop a pool of full-fledged domestic Limited Partners? And how should local Limited Partners coordinate their competing and cooperative relations with their overseas counterparts? And in the challenging context of both fundraising and capital exit becoming tougher, will batches of favorable policies and regulations indeed function well as much expected, stimulating economic recovery, sustaining industrial development, and brightening the bleak market prospect? All these are issues in badly need of being solved.

To Help Limited Partners and General Partners to Reap the Win-win Benefits

Another issue facing both Limited Partners and General Partners is selecting each other and adjusting their relations. For example, during their screening and assessment of Chinese general partners, what are the top concerns and considerations for overseas Limited Partners? How should they identify and control their potential risks? How should they optimize their portfolios? For General Partners, it is the same case. How should they identify and screen their suitable Limited Partners? In all, how to align the interests of all the Parties is the key to fruitful relations between the two partners, and is the top priority to be considered.

To Share General Partners' Best Practices and Hands-on Experience in Their Fundraisings

The General Partners present at the session will share their best practices and hands-on experience in their fundraisings with all the attendees through highly focused topics, for example, how to make your choice between RMB funds and Non-RMB funds? How to diversify your fundraising routes? How to optimize your structural system of Limited Partners? How to communicate with Limited Partners? How to build a long trust relationship between General Partners and Limited Partners? In addition, experts from professional agencies, including law firms, will also come helpful to you, briefing you on typical architectures of funds and relevant regulations on private placement.

For more information, click on the link (http://events.chinaventure.com.cn/lp2009_en/index.htm)

About ChinaVenture

The ChinaVenture Group is a leading Chinese research and consulting institute that provides 3rd party research services, including standardized research results & industrial reports and customized research practices, for the Venture Capital & Private Equity companies, investment banks, enterprises and institutes that are engaged in China. It runs the largest media platform, www.chinaventure.com.cn, in China's investment area, and hosts various investment related conferences and forums every year. ChinaVenture was founded in 2005 and has offices in both Beijing and Shanghai.