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.
Fund XI is understood to be already more than 29% larger than its 2020-vintage predecessor, which raised €6.1bn against a €5bn target.
2 min read · 17 May 2022
Waterfield Advisors' next fund of funds could be more than five times larger than its predecessor, which has so far raised about 90% of its target, PEI has learned.
3 min read · 16 May 2022
Heady fundraising could force GPs to deploy and inflate valuations. Far from being concerned, Stephen Whatmore spies a lucrative path to exit for QIC’s private capital portfolio.
10 min read · 10 May 2022
VIG Fund IV is 69% invested and expected to complete one more deal this year, managing partner Chulmin Lee tells PEI.
2 min read · 05 May 2022
PEI caught up with J-STAR partner Tatsuya Yumoto and IR principal Kenta Shima to discuss plans for its fifth flagship fund, which closed on $576m last week.
3 min read · 04 May 2022
Funds in market are seeking an almost 70% increase from the same time last year, according to PEI's latest quarterly fundraising report.
3 min read · 28 April 2022
North American GPs accounted for 89% of Petershill Partners' invested capital as of end-December, with the remainder in Europe, according to its maiden full-year earnings.
3 min read · 20 April 2022
The Japan Science and Technology Agency's university endowment will initially rely on gatekeepers until it has enough internal resources to invest directly, says PE head Yasuyuki Tomita.
3 min read · 14 April 2022
The Japan Science and Technology Agency's university endowment will initially rely on gatekeepers until it has enough internal resources to invest directly, PE head Yasuyuki Tomita tells PEI.
2 min read · 08 April 2022
AXA Hong Kong and Japan will source PE opportunities as an extension of the insurer's current primaries model, which is managed centrally from Germany.
3 min read · 07 April 2022
