Q&A: How SHK & Co finds opportunity by staying nimble

For Sebastiaan van den Berg, chief investment officer and head of principal investments at Sun Hung Kai Co., flexibility is key to differentiating itself from its peers.

In an interview with FinanceAsia, van den Berg discusses how the Hong Kong-listed group can help in China's outbound MA story, discusses key themes for private equity and his company's relationship with Chinese state-owned financial services group Everbright.

Sun Hung Kai Co. owns and operates various financial businesses, including consumer finance unit UA Finance, which was bought by Sun Hung Kai in 2006. In 2015, the company sold a 70% stake in its brokerage and wealth...