Alex Lynn is an award-winning journalist and Hong Kong Bureau Chief at PEI Group, leading coverage of Asia-Pacific private markets for PEI Private Equity and editing its daily Side Letter briefing for subscribers. He joined the business in 2017, having previously covered EMEA markets from PEI's London office. Alex has a master's degree in Journalism from Kingston University. He can be reached at alex.l@pei.group.
Investors are likely to benefit from an impending upswing, according to the chairman of Angola’s $5.1bn sovereign wealth fund.
3 min read · 30 October 2017
Brexit could lead to a 'rich vein' of growth opportunities in the UK, head of private equity Peter Gale tells PEI.
2 min read · 26 October 2017
The hire comes as private equity firms including Blackstone, Apollo and KKR have been offering smaller investors access to their products.
2 min read · 26 October 2017
The Scandinavian firm has adopted an effective approach to value creation with its community-driven procurement system; implementing such a programme is not without its challenges.
3 min read · 25 October 2017
The Neuberger Berman unit has secured around $1bn of commitments for its vehicle that will take stakes in managers, Private Equity International has learned.
2 min read · 24 October 2017
The investment manager aims to secure the funds from Middle Eastern investors by 2019, chief executive Jean Claude Bastos de Morais tells PEI.
2 min read · 24 October 2017
Demand for mid-market leverage included covenant-lite issuance reaching $3.8bn in Q3, almost overtaking the $4bn loaned in 2016.
2 min read · 23 October 2017
Private equity is a relatively new concept for Ghana’s pension funds, having only been authorised by the country’s National Pension Regulatory Authority on 1 April.
2 min read · 23 October 2017
Some 15% of private capital executives saw a decrease in their year-on-year base salary in 2017, significantly higher than the 1% who reported a similar change last year.
2 min read · 17 October 2017
Domestic LPs demonstrated a strong increase in appetite for French private equity in H1, with commitments climbing to €5.4bn from €3.2bn a year ago, according to a report.
1 min read · 16 October 2017
