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Work authorization specifically, no. As someone with several years of experience and at the level you're targeting, recent visa restrictions don't affect you.

What could be an issue is the relatively small size and SEA focus of the local PE scene - though I've seen a few make the move from NA/EU to SG, most were ex-bankers and their skillset wasn't so market-specific. May I ask why SG specifically? Tbh, I've found that people overseas heavily overestimate the size of the "high finance" sector here, SG's position as a financial hub is heavily weighted towards PWM and maybe commodities/FX trading, as compared to NY/LDN/HK...

 

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