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.
Firms with the means and resources can access the US retail market via the 1940 Investment Companies Act, which them to raise non-institutional capital.
6 min read · 15 March 2021
A recent fracas marks the latest in a string of negative headlines for Korean private equity, which some industry participants fear could impact dealmaking activity in the near-term.
3 min read · 15 March 2021
The proposed assessment for superannuation funds has drawn criticism over its use of listed indices to benchmark the performance of unlisted assets and its unusual eight-year timeframe.
8 min read · 11 March 2021
Partners Group was selected by Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia last month to manage one of three sharia-compliant private equity mandates.
4 min read · 10 March 2021
Ant Catalyzer No.6 Private Equity Investment is expected to comprise a larger proportion of international capital than its predecessors.
2 min read · 09 March 2021
A string of senior placement agent executives in Asia have jumped ship or moved to pastures new during the pandemic.
2 min read · 05 March 2021
Shanghai-based Ocean Link closed its second USD-denominated private equity fund at $580m in January, co-founder and partner Tony Jiang tells PEI.
3 min read · 25 February 2021
The firm plans to seed new strategies in India with its balance sheet before raising additional blind-pool fund products, its new country head Harsh Shethia tells PEI.
3 min read · 22 February 2021
PEI caught up with Tony Morgan, head of private equity and corporate debt at CDC Group, to discuss the firm’s expansion into South Asian and African venture capital.
2 min read · 18 February 2021
The number of sponsor-led secondaries coming to market this year is expected to be bolstered by fundraising delays, rising demand in China for US dollar commitments and a backlog of transactions.
5 min read · 08 February 2021
