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.
Private Equity International’s LP Perspectives Survey quizzed 146 institutional investors to ascertain where they stand on Elizabeth Warren’s proposals.
1 min read · 17 December 2019
The buyout giant held a close on Fund X in July, according to a document prepared for Public School Employees’ Retirement System.
2 min read · 16 December 2019
Private equity fundraising and investment activity has suffered amid concerns over the trade war, China’s debt problem and domestic regulation.
3 min read · 16 December 2019
Shirley Ma, who has been tasked with more than doubling the Dutch pension giant's exposure to the region, talks co-investments, GP best-practice and Chinese tech valuations.
5 min read · 11 December 2019
The government has propped up Russian private equity following western retrenchment in recent years; it remains unclear whether the industry can make it alone.
4 min read · 11 December 2019
The Dutch pension giant will make a senior co-investment hire in Hong Kong next year, senior portfolio manager Shirley Ma told PEI.
2 min read · 09 December 2019
Iberia and the DACH region also posted significant declines in the first half, according to Silverfleet’s latest Buy & Build Monitor.
2 min read · 05 December 2019
The country’s mid-tier lenders are piling into the asset class in a bid to generate additional business opportunities in their respective locales.
5 min read · 04 December 2019
The mid-market firm closed its debut fund on A$600m in June last year.
2 min read · 27 November 2019
More than half of the capital raised for Fund VIII has been earmarked for Asia, the highest proportion to date.
2 min read · 25 November 2019
