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.
GPs provided companies with greater capacity for growth during the financial crisis, according academic research.
2 min read · 02 October 2017
The almost two-decade journey resulted in GO Outdoors becoming one of the UK's largest outdoor retailers and a 37x multiple for the British firm.
3 min read · 02 October 2017
The proportion of insurers planning to increase their allocation to private equity fell by around one-third, according to the world's largest asset manager.
2 min read · 27 September 2017
Dedicated teams that can leverage the reputation, infrastructure and relationships of their parent firm ‘can be quite powerful’, a conference has heard.
2 min read · 27 September 2017
What the increase in sponsor-to-sponsor transactions says about the growing private equity market.
6 min read · 26 September 2017
Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the market to sink, but forecasting when it will happen is tricky.
3 min read · 25 September 2017
The $36bn fund reported strong private equity returns after implementing an 'aggressive' restructuring plan in December.
2 min read · 21 September 2017
The South African firm has also launched its seventh flagship buyout fund, for which it is targeting as much as $755m by early next year.
2 min read · 20 September 2017
Two-fifths of family offices are planning to increase their allocations to private equity, according to a report by UBS and Campden Wealth.
1 min read · 20 September 2017
Some 42% of LPs expect to deploy more capital via co-investments over the next year as investor sentiment shifts away from primary funds.
2 min read · 14 September 2017
