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.
Credit Suisse’s head of private banking for Asia, François Monnet, has said the firm recommends UHNWIs allocate up to 25% to alternative asset classes.
George Walker, the firm's chief executive and chairman, was speaking at the Asian Financial Forum on Monday.
Chris Lerner joined MSA Capital in October after nearly a decade at Eaton Partners, where he led the origination and execution of fundraises, secondaries and strategic advisory.
Vietnam, continuation funds and Chinese IPOs will be on the menu for Asian private equity this year.
About 44% of Fund IV was raised from new investors, the majority of which were based in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, founder Chris Freund tells PEI.
PEI’s editorial team tackled the climate crisis, racial inequality, tax avoidance and everything in between this year.
Representatives from Blackstone, CalPERS and PSERS were among this year’s most quotable denizens of private equity.
PEI Media’s Spotlight podcast was downloaded more than 56,000 times this year, with discussions ranging from the pandemic to diversity to when and how to build an in-house IR team.
Young executives identified as future leaders will emerge from 2020 more experienced because of the unique challenges they faced.
Capital has been soaked up by private equity mega-funds this year as travel restrictions hinder LPs’ ability to form new GP relationships during the pandemic.