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.
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2 min read · 31 August 2017
Denmark’s largest pension was buoyed by both its private and public equity holdings.
2 min read · 30 August 2017
The Dutch manager’s systematic approach to buyout investing helped drive its latest fundraise, which wrapped up in two months.
3 min read · 30 August 2017
Market participants remain concerned about the overabundance of dry powder after a first half that delivered the highest level of fund closes since PEI first started tracking data.
1 min read · 24 August 2017
Details of the Scandinavian investor’s strategy for Fund IX were revealed in materials presented to a US pension.
2 min read · 23 August 2017
Bitcoin has more than doubled in value to $4,425 since 16 July.
2 min read · 17 August 2017
Market sources claim the fund had stopped new investments into vehicles focused on the country while Brexit negotiations are underway
2 min read · 17 August 2017
Large and mega-funds in the sector have, on average, deployed just $111bn of the $572bn raised over the past five years.
2 min read · 15 August 2017
Private equity accounted for 18% of the pension’s C$326.5bn assets as of 30 June.
2 min read · 14 August 2017
The $971m GPFG’s current exposure is limited to unlisted companies that intend to seek listing on a recognised marketplace.
2 min read · 11 August 2017
