Alex Lynn
Alex Lynn is Hong Kong Bureau Chief at PEI Group, leading coverage of Asia-Pacific private markets for Private Equity International and editing its daily Side Letter briefing for subscribers.
He joined the business in 2017 and previously covered the EMEA region 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.
Many public institutions in the US are exploring portfolio sales thanks to a confluence of factors that has left them at, or above, their private equity allocations.
PEI catches up with Frank Su, head of PE Asia at CPP Investments, to discuss the Canadian giant's conditions for backing an emerging manager.
In the latest instalment of this series, PEI catches up with Chris Lerner, managing partner at China's MSA Capital, to discuss building new LP relationships at a time when some fundraising processes have stalled.
GP-led activity is picking up thanks to a decline in exit activity during the pandemic and rising familiarity with the practice.
The number of Asia-Pacific firms in the PEI 300 ranking climbed by roughly 12% this year, raising $238.1 billion between them over the qualifying period.
Some of private equity’s biggest names are utilising inorganic growth as a means of cementing, or expanding, their standing in the market.
The fundraising platform plans to launch a European Long-Term Investment Fund alongside an as-yet-undetermined partner as early as Q4 2022, Moonfare founder Steffen Pauls tells PEI.
Warburg Pincus, KKR and Permira are among private equity funds included in Astrea VII – the first securitisation to offer the Singaporean public access to higher risk-return profile bonds.
Fund XI is understood to be already more than 29% larger than its 2020-vintage predecessor, which raised €6.1bn against a €5bn target.
Waterfield Advisors' next fund of funds could be more than five times larger than its predecessor, which has so far raised about 90% of its target, PEI has learned.