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.
PEI caught up with Ashish Shastry to discuss the firm’s appetite for South-East Asia and how the region could be affected by US-Sino trade tensions.
3 min read · 17 October 2019
Permira VII is more than 50% larger than its 2016-vintage predecessor and comes four months after the manager closed its debut tech-focused minority stakes fund.
2 min read · 16 October 2019
PEI caught up with Fi Dinh, who led ING's first ESG-linked revolving credit facility, to discuss fund terms, interest rate calculations and sustainability targets.
3 min read · 15 October 2019
The bank provided a subscription credit facility for Singapore's Quadria Capital that pegs its interest rate to fund-level ESG performance.
3 min read · 14 October 2019
Cortina Capital will target medium-sized health and wellness brands with export potential to Asia.
2 min read · 09 October 2019
Almost two-fifths plan to raise their PE exposure over the next 12-24 months, a report from the asset management giant finds.
3 min read · 08 October 2019
Headline risks and recession fears in the Asia-Pacific private equity markets have put a greater onus on managers to pursue growth levers.
10 min read · 01 October 2019
Mekong Enterprise IV is expected to reach its $250m hard-cap by early 2020, Private Equity International understands.
2 min read · 26 September 2019
The UN Development Programme in Indonesia has selected 500 Startups to jointly launch an impact investing accelerator.
5 min read · 25 September 2019
Investors have become increasingly cautious of committing to captive funds, president Koji Sasaki told PEI.
2 min read · 23 September 2019
