Alex Lynn

Stacking up: How PE performs in each region

A look at how US, European and Asia-Pacific private equity markets differ on annualized returns, excess returns, EV-EBITDA multiples and volatility.

Side Letter: Exits and earnings

Carlyle is exiting assets at 'nearly double the industry average,' per chief executive Harvey Schwartz, and StepStone says rates stability key to unlocking PE logjam.

Side Letter: Markdowns, moratoriums

Software marks are seeing a 'much higher revaluation downwards', but the market has 'overreacted', says Alternative Credit Council head Jiří Król.

AllianzGI leaves door open for reversal of PE pullback

‘If money comes back, there's new money to be invested,” private equity and private credit CIO Sebastian Schroff said on Wednesday.

Side Letter: Johns, jitters, judgment calls

Head honchos from Bain, Hamilton Lane, Carlyle, KKR and more discuss performance pain, interest rate reversion and exit pricing pressure.

Rothschild & Co’s private client unit seeks to rebalance PE portfolio

The asset and wealth management division can commit up to €150m per fund, private markets head Jessica Sellam tells PEI Private Equity.

Side Letter: Blended buyouts

Why a particular buyout blueprint could help to unlock alpha in APAC private equity.

Blackstone’s Gray: Some AI investments 'will go awry'

'The question is: how can you invest in in the most downside protected way?' the alternatives giant's president and COO tells delegates at the HKMA's Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit.

Side Letter: Mid-alignment

Hazards to avoid when managers come down market; and CVC maintains its realizations streak.

Side Letter: Software stress

Reassuring headline figures belie a mounting threat to software assets.