HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based PAG is planning a new Asia private equity fund, adding to a massive pool of private equity money readied for acquisitions in the region, six people with knowledge of the plan told Reuters.
PAG aims to raise as much as $6 billion with the new fund, its third and its largest to date, two of the people said. The firm raised $3.6 billion with its second Asian fund in 2016.
PAG has not yet formalized the fund size or the fundraising schedule, they said, adding that the plan is subject to change.
A spokesman for PAG said the information is incorrect but declined to comment further. The people declined to be identified as the fundraising plan was confidential.