Alex Lynn

Alex Lynn

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.

Coronavirus hasn’t derailed the impact train

That impact funds continue to attract capital during a flight to safety is evidence of LPs’ shifting priorities.

2 min read · 26 November 2020

Deals

Asia's dealmakers spend big during pandemic, get little back

Private equity deal values in Asia-Pacific have doubled this year with a number of large transactions, according to data from EY.

2 min read · 23 November 2020

Deals

PAG's Weijian Shan: There is risk of operating in the US

The investment firm's chief executive discusses investment pacing, potential expansion and how US-Sino relations might impact Chinese PE.

3 min read · 19 November 2020

Deals

Carlyle Asia chairman: Chinese IPOs could become more popular exits

Chinese businesses that might previously have sought an IPO in the US may consider going public at home, Yang Xiang-Dong tells PEI.

4 min read · 18 November 2020

News & Analysis

Performance Watch: How Apollo's PE vehicles fared in Q3 2020

Interactive charts showing the investment giant's private equity portfolio, which has depreciated 1.6% over the past 12 months.

1 min read · 17 November 2020

Investors

Manulife IM will ‘absolutely’ consider GP stake in Asian PE firm

The Canadian insurance giant has already taken a significant minority stake in Albamen Capital Partners, a newly formed renewable energy and digital infrastructure manager in China.

3 min read · 16 November 2020

News & Analysis

Performance Watch: How Blackstone's PE vehicles fared in Q3 2020

We examine Blackstone's corporate private equity funds in the latest instalment of PEI's Performance Watch series.

1 min read · 12 November 2020

News & Analysis

China Merchants Capital: The largest PE firm you’ve never heard of

Shenzhen’s China Merchants Capital oversees more than $41bn of private equity, infra and real estate AUM and has ambitions to increase this more than threefold.

5 min read · 12 November 2020

Managers

Performance Watch: How Carlyle’s PE vehicles fared in Q3 2020

The firm’s corporate private equity funds are examined in the latest instalment of PEI's Performance Watch series.

2 min read · 11 November 2020

Fundraising

SoftBank doubles down on Vision Fund II while ‘not that popular’ with investors

The Japanese tech conglomerate pledged earlier this year to deploy its own money before raising additional third-party capital due to the underwhelming performance of Vision Fund I.

2 min read · 09 November 2020

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