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.
Fundraising launched in the fourth quarter of last year and was entirely virtual in an Evercore-advised process.
Asia is expected to supplant Europe as world’s second largest UHNWI hub by 2024, a dynamic that has caught the attention of private markets.
The asset management giant wants to nearly double its annual private markets activity across Asia-Pacific, Michael Dennis, head of alternatives for the region, tells PEI.
Firms with the means and resources can access the US retail market via the 1940 Investment Companies Act, which them to raise non-institutional capital.
A recent fracas marks the latest in a string of negative headlines for Korean private equity, which some industry participants fear could impact dealmaking activity in the near-term.
Partners Group was selected by Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia last month to manage one of three sharia-compliant private equity mandates.
Ant Catalyzer No.6 Private Equity Investment is expected to comprise a larger proportion of international capital than its predecessors.
A string of senior placement agent executives in Asia have jumped ship or moved to pastures new during the pandemic.
Shanghai-based Ocean Link closed its second USD-denominated private equity fund at $580m in January, co-founder and partner Tony Jiang tells PEI.
The firm plans to seed new strategies in India with its balance sheet before raising additional blind-pool fund products, its new country head Harsh Shethia tells PEI.