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.
KKR Asian Fund IV, which has been in market since March, is already 40% larger than its 2017-vintage predecessor.
2 min read · 05 October 2020
ATP Private Equity Partners, which invests on behalf of the country's largest pension, will raise third-party capital for the first time.
2 min read · 02 October 2020
The Asian private equity market was grappling with geopolitical rifts even prior to the introduction of global travel bans, yet there are reasons to be optimistic.
10 min read · 30 September 2020
Schroder Adveq is one of the latest western firms to benefit from Shanghai's QFLP programme, which provides access to a market that has until now proved elusive for international LPs.
6 min read · 30 September 2020
Documents seen by PEI show Kapital Football Group is seeking around $270m of equity capital for phase one of a plan that includes acquiring a 'mid-table' Premier League club.
3 min read · 24 September 2020
Hong Kong’s CLSA started incrementally reducing its involvement from the Sunrise Capital general partner with the launch of Fund III in 2017, PEI understands.
3 min read · 24 September 2020
Documents seen by PEI detail Dyal HomeCourt Partners' investment strategy, fund terms and perks.
2 min read · 22 September 2020
The investment firm has launched a fund of limited size and timing to find discounted opportunities, managing director Duncan Zheng tells PEI.
3 min read · 22 September 2020
Alicia Gregory, head of private equity at the Australian SWF, says investors could be left overexposed if less creditworthy LPs default on capital calls.
3 min read · 17 September 2020
Investment bank China Renaissance has evolved from passive co-investor to leading deals with its latest family of RMB- and USD-denominated private equity funds.
6 min read · 15 September 2020
