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.
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PEI looks under the bonnet of private equity's blue-chips, beginning with Blackstone.
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Fund VII is 42% larger than Carlyle's previous flagship, a $13bn 2013-vintage.
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The mid-market firm used co-investments and a larger GP commitment to raise €295m for Fund III.
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