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.
Japanese institutions have found themselves cutting down ticket sizes and declining fund opportunities as currency fluctuations compound private equity’s denominator effect.
9 min read · 03 April 2023
The private equity head at Japan’s ¥10trn university endowment tells PEI how the fund views private markets in the current environment, and why it’s bullish on secondaries.
4 min read · 03 April 2023
Finex has expanded to more than 50 full-time staff across Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, according to its website.
2 min read · 31 March 2023
Macroeconomic and geopolitical forces are slowly transforming private equity’s approach to Asia-Pacific.
3 min read · 30 March 2023
Legal experts outline what foreign GPs entering China's domestic PE market should expect in terms of LP composition, fund terms and the burgeoning QFLP scheme.
8 min read · 29 March 2023
George Maltezos has been named head of BlackRock Alternatives Specialists APAC and will lead distribution in the region based in Singapore.
2 min read · 10 March 2023
PEI’s latest GP-led Secondaries Report explores a market that continues to break new ground, despite 2022’s apparent slowdown.
2 min read · 09 March 2023
George Maltezos, who joined Campbell Lutyens in 2016, also served as its head of sales in Asia-Pacific, with specific responsibility for institutional relationships in Australia and New Zealand.
2 min read · 07 March 2023
Until they better address their public branding, alternatives firms will likely hit a wall when attracting high-net-worth capital at scale.
3 min read · 02 March 2023
The valuation process is key to determining the fair value of a GP’s portfolio. How is this undertaking managed?
10 min read · 01 March 2023
