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.
While LP behaviour was heavily influenced by allocation limits this year, there are reasons for GPs to remain optimistic heading into 2023.
3 min read · 21 December 2022
Investing in talent and tech will be high on the list of priorities for GPs hoping to weather the coming economic storm.
2 min read · 07 December 2022
GPs are leaving funds in market for longer as public market volatility disrupts investors’ annual commitment pacing.
2 min read · 06 December 2022
Fund sizes, LP communications and investor appetite for particular structures are all markedly different from the heady days of pre-crisis fundraising.
7 min read · 01 December 2022
The former head of alternative investments at healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente will have his work cut out for him at the US's largest public pension.
3 min read · 23 November 2022
The $5.9bn institution has an 8.8% exposure to alternatives, most of which is held in infrastructure debt, CIO Byung-kyu Cheon tells PEI.
2 min read · 09 November 2022
Apollo Investment Fund X began pre-marketing in January; its predecessor reached a final close after less than half a year on the fundraising trail.
3 min read · 02 November 2022
Employees must remain with Hamilton Lane over a multi-year timeframe, and the stock price should cross particular thresholds, in order to receive equity 'awards'.
2 min read · 01 November 2022
The sovereign wealth fund’s chief executive Raphael Arndt expects the macro environment to separate the wheat from the chaff among GPs.
2 min read · 26 October 2022
Foreign exchange is too unpredictable to influence private equity decisions in the long run, but some portfolio companies could receive a boost from FX shifts in the near term.
2 min read · 20 October 2022
