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.
The software and services specialist is seeking more than $14bn across Hg Genesis 10 and Hg Saturn 3, investor documents show.
1 min read · 19 January 2022
PEI caught up with Eastern Bell partner Daniel Sun to discuss how the growth equity firm was able to exceed its fundraising target against such an unfavourable backdrop.
4 min read · 18 January 2022
Mei-ni Yang joined the Canadian pension giant in Hong Kong earlier this month after more than five years at LP advisory Mercer.
2 min read · 14 January 2022
Chinese private equity firms are tweaking their sector focus to help legislate against regulatory uncertainty.
3 min read · 12 January 2022
The $87bn university endowment is tasked with generating returns to help fund Japanese science and tech research.
2 min read · 12 January 2022
The $1.2trn China Investment Corporation last year established its first ESG policy framework, as the country bids to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
2 min read · 10 January 2022
Eric Sun is reunited with James Lee, Credit Suisse's former head of Asia distribution, who now serves as head of Blue Owl’s institutional sales team in Asia.
2 min read · 06 January 2022
A host of potential entrants to the double-digit fund club, a raft of fund closes below target and an influx of Indian investment are on the cards in the year ahead.
4 min read · 04 January 2022
Representatives from LACERA, Thoma Bravo and Partners Group were among this year’s most quotable denizens of private equity.
4 min read · 30 December 2021
PEI Media’s Spotlight podcast series was downloaded nearly 47,000 times over the past 12 months, with discussions ranging from distressed debt to ESG-linked fund finance.
2 min read · 27 December 2021
