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.
We examine Blackstone‘s private equity funds in the return of a special series of PEI‘s Performance Watch, which compares the firm’s Q2 2020 figures with those from the prior two quarters.
1 min read · 10 August 2020
Meng’s short tenure saw the $390bn institution announce a controversial leverage strategy to meet its long-term return target.
2 min read · 06 August 2020
We examine the investment giant's private equity funds in a special series of PEI's Performance Watch.
1 min read · 05 August 2020
A spike in US buyout multiples was driven by opportunistic investing and certain sectors experiencing a 'sugar-rush' of sudden demand, according to PwC.
1 min read · 29 July 2020
The Burger King India owner took strong measures to prevent unemployment during lockdown, executive chairman Alok Oberoi tells PEI.
3 min read · 28 July 2020
Although HNWIs have not been precluded from acquiring positions in pre-IPO businesses via the secondaries market, the process can be complex and fraught with risk.
5 min read · 27 July 2020
Hong Kong-based CLSA is seeking up to $100m from the likes of HNWIs and wealth managers to build a portfolio of pre-IPO tech unicorns, sister title Secondaries Investor understands.
2 min read · 23 July 2020
Lighthouse Capital serves as financial advisor to private placements across 13 sectors and reserves investment rights to participate in up to 10 percent of each deal.
2 min read · 22 July 2020
PEI's interactive chart takes a look at some markets beyond the US that permit defined contribution plans to invest in private equity, and the regulations governing their participation.
1 min read · 20 July 2020
The proportion of family offices intending to increase their direct PE activity also nearly halved during the pandemic, a study by UBS has found.
2 min read · 16 July 2020
