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 Hong Kong-headquartered firm is seeking $8.5bn for BPEA Fund VIII, according to documents prepared for Rhode Island State Treasury.
1 min read · 07 September 2021
Silicon Valley GPs are urging international LPs to back their larger growth funds in lieu of VC offerings due to capacity constraints, Masashi Kataoka, head of the $350bn insurer’s venture unit, tells PEI.
4 min read · 02 September 2021
Capital is flocking to safer hands as regulatory and geopolitical headwinds threaten market sentiment towards PE in the region.
10 min read · 31 August 2021
Private equity accounted for 17.5% of the Future Fund portfolio as of 30 June, up from 14.6% just three months prior.
3 min read · 26 August 2021
WinPE has gathered an impressive group of founding members, including Blackstone, Advent International, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and CDC Group.
4 min read · 25 August 2021
Asia Alternatives Capital Partners VI will target 20 to 25 fund managers across the region, according to a pension document seen by PEI.
2 min read · 24 August 2021
The $756bn National Pension Service of Korea has begun to disclose investment details, such as fund names and investment amounts, in an effort to boost its transparency.
1 min read · 18 August 2021
With regulatory, geopolitical and travel-related headwinds threatening western appetites for Chinese private equity firms, knowing which one to pick is more important than ever.
6 min read · 18 August 2021
Capital from domestic, Middle Eastern and Asian sovereigns has propped up Russian private equity for at least half a decade.
3 min read · 12 August 2021
The SoftBank chief had received permission for a similar programme in Vision Fund 1 – a plan that was scrapped after colleagues pulled out.
3 min read · 10 August 2021
