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.
David Li's firm had previously raised around $871m in Chinese yuan across two funds, one of which is sponsored by Chinese ride-hailing business UCAR.
1 min read · 03 July 2019
The $65bn fund is underweight the region and is looking at China, Indonesia and pan-Asian funds, according to senior portfolio manager Yup Kim.
3 min read · 02 July 2019
The firm secured new mandates with projected future commitments of over $3bn and reported increasing demand from Southern Europe, Latin America and Asia.
2 min read · 26 June 2019
Top-decile institutional investors had a median allocation of 40% or more in private investments, according to Cambridge Associates research.
2 min read · 26 June 2019
The debut fund will target primary, secondaries and direct co-investments across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies.
2 min read · 25 June 2019
The change reflects Australia and New Zealand’s disproportionate weighting in Riverside Asia-Pacific Fund II, a $235m 2012-vintage.
2 min read · 25 June 2019
Impact investing fund managers had collected $5.4bn from banks and diversified institutions as of 31 December, a 24% annual increase from 2014.
2 min read · 20 June 2019
Alex Bance has left the European placement agent and formed Calpa Capital, Private Equity International has learned.
1 min read · 20 June 2019
Organisations with a higher allocation to the asset class significantly outperformed their peers, a report has found.
3 min read · 17 June 2019
PAI Partners, Affinity Equity Partners and Coller Capital are among the most suitable candidates for a GP stake investment, according to a report.
3 min read · 13 June 2019
