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.
Complexity, opacity and a lack of standardisation have slowed efforts to improve reporting, a conference has heard.
Firms raised more than $259bn between Q1 and Q3, marking the lowest total since 2015 for the same period.
Cinven, Apax and Permira are among those due major raises in the next 12 months, forcing investors to make tough decisions.
The lender’s head of global fund banking for EMEA tells PEI about the implications of the Abraaj Group saga, enhancements in underwriting, changing LP bases and fee structures.
Electra Partners rebranded as Epiris in December 2016 after being served notice from the listed investment trust whose portfolio it had managed for 30 years.
The sovereign wealth fund’s $7.2bn private equity and special opportunities portfolio returned 32.7% for the year ending 30 June.
The portfolio company's focus on its poorer customers impressed the judges for the Editors' Award in Asia.
The lower mid-market/small-cap award in Asia went to the Vietnam-focused firm for its revitalisation of Traphaco.
The move comes a year after Chinese investment group Legend Holdings acquired an 89.9% stake in Banque Internationale à Luxembourg.
Under-representation of women can have serious consequences in private equity.