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.
Such is the pace of private equity consolidation that one in six global asset managers will be gone by 2027, according to PwC.
3 min read · 27 December 2023
A wave of evergreen product launches in 2023 has raised concerns about how individual investors will perceive liquidity in private markets.
3 min read · 14 December 2023
Leveraging technology can make supply chains more robust and give portfolio companies 'less wastage in the system', according to the founder and CIO of Hillhouse.
3 min read · 07 December 2023
Australia-listed Pacific Current Group made headlines this year after receiving a takeover bid from one of its own portfolio companies.
5 min read · 05 December 2023
The proportion of investor respondents to Private Equity International’s LP Perspectives 2024 Study that are overallocated to the asset class has fallen to 18%.
4 min read · 04 December 2023
Bite Stream's new software feature enables GPs to bypass intermediary platforms used by some wealth managers to access alternative investment opportunities.
4 min read · 22 November 2023
Orange County Employees Retirement System, the City of San Jose Retirement System and UK pension fund Railpen are among the LPs betting on a new firm that wants to buy stakes in 15 to 20 VC management companies.
3 min read · 17 November 2023
A firm launched this week with the backing of US pension funds represents a new breed of fund of firms vehicles.
3 min read · 16 November 2023
LPs that have received recallable distributions via NAV facilities will do well to think carefully about how and when this capital is re-used.
2 min read · 02 November 2023
A stipulation that capital distributed to LPs via NAV facilities can be recalled is creating headaches for some investors.
6 min read · 02 November 2023
