Alex Lynn
Alex Lynn is Hong Kong Bureau Chief at PEI Group, leading coverage of Asia-Pacific private markets for Private Equity International and editing its daily Side Letter briefing for subscribers.
He joined the business in 2017 and previously covered the EMEA region 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.
European LPs are more tolerant of lower debt-like returns from impact funds, co-founder Urs Baumann told delegates at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Forum in Hong Kong on 27 March.
Brookfield calculates AUM differently to the likes of Blackstone and includes the debt of companies it controls.
Fund of funds managers are leveraging their GP relationships and resources to operate as an outsourced co-investment consultant.
Institutional investors are trying to do whatever they can to reduce gross-to-net spreads or reduce overall private equity fees to boost performance, according to research by Rede Partners.
Fundless sponsors are winning fans in the fund of funds world, but performance remains front of mind.
Junior and mid-level employees are widely regarded as attractive targets, while more senior personnel may find themselves on the receiving end of tough questions from future business partners.
PEI's interactive charts paint a picture of how the two would marry together.
The European Commission has reduced the amount of capital insurers must set aside to manage the perceived risks for some long-term equities.
PEI has trawled the archives to establish which firms have won the most gongs since the inception of the PEI Awards in 2001.
Firms completed at least $5.8bn of private equity, infrastructure and real assets buyouts last year, more than the previous four years combined, according to EMPEA data.