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 'vast majority' of Apollo's 1,500 LPs were satisfied with the firm's recent leadership and governance changes, Marc Rowan said on the firm's Q4 earnings call Wednesday.
3 min read · 04 February 2021
About one-third of T Capital VI was committed by 11 international LPs, managing partner Koji Sasaki tells Private Equity International.
2 min read · 04 February 2021
The asset manager expects to raise multiple successors to its $276m Hamilton Lane Alliance Holdings I, according to the vehicle's chief executive Andrea Kramer.
2 min read · 03 February 2021
The firm expects to base up to six investment professionals in Tokyo, including several local hires, Simon Griffiths, head of private equity Asia-Pacific, told PEI.
3 min read · 29 January 2021
Tower Capital Asia, founded by former Actis and 3i director Danny Koh, is seeking $300m to make highly concentrated bets in Singapore's mid-market.
3 min read · 28 January 2021
The firm held a final close on its second venture fund last month with €650m, more than doubling the firepower of its 2016-vintage Fund I, says founder MingPo Cai.
2 min read · 24 January 2021
LP appetite for Russian private equity has been uncertain since the 2019 arrest of Baring Vostok founder Michael Calvey and several colleagues.
2 min read · 21 January 2021
The firm held a final close on Cathay Innovation Fund II on €650m last month, more than doubling the firepower of its 2016-vintage Fund I, founder MingPo Cai tells PEI.
2 min read · 21 January 2021
The bank is reducing the stress capital intensity of its businesses by selling balance sheet private equity investments, chief executive David Solomon said on the firm's earnings call.
2 min read · 20 January 2021
Speaking at the Asian Financial Forum on Tuesday, the Blackstone founder said it seemed 'exceptionally odd and unproductive' for the world’s two largest economies not to co-operate.
2 min read · 20 January 2021
