Alex Lynn

PEI 300 2021: Chinese venture capital gains momentum

Investors are piling capital into the country’s VC sector as the memory of its distribution problem begins to fade.

Cover me: Asian PE slowly warms to deal insurance

Only 10% of Asian PE deals had insurance last year, versus 80% of those in North America.

iCapital taps ex-Probitas boss to lead Asia business, launch HK office

The platform joins the likes of Cambridge Associates, Blackstone and Credit Suisse in attempting to capture Asia’s burgeoning HNWI opportunity.

SoftBank bets $30bn of its own capital on Vision Fund II

Vision Fund II launched in 2019 and failed to secure third-party commitments on the back of the underwhelming performance of its 2017-vintage predecessor.

Sponsors under pressure to boost SPAC alignment – Morrison & Foerster

Caution from the SEC, combined with the sheer number of SPACs in market, could prompt sponsors to recut or restructure their economics, the law firm noted in a webinar this week.

Aus settles on listed PE benchmark for supers despite property, infra U-turn

The Australian government partially backtracked on plans to compare superannuation funds’ unlisted investment performance with listed benchmarks.

China’s Buhuo completes yuan restructuring as it eyes international capital

Buhuo is the latest Chinese GP using secondaries to raise capital from what is perceived to be a more stable LP base than those at home.

Industrial specialist Greenbriar doubles firepower with latest raise

Fundraising launched in the fourth quarter of last year and was entirely virtual in an Evercore-advised process.

Crazily rich Asians: PE courts region’s wealthiest investors

Asia is expected to supplant Europe as world’s second largest UHNWI hub by 2024, a dynamic that has caught the attention of private markets.

BlackRock won’t rule out Asia PE strategy as it piles into region

The asset management giant wants to nearly double its annual private markets activity across Asia-Pacific, Michael Dennis, head of alternatives for the region, tells PEI.