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.
Overseas managers, lured by the promise of corporate divestitures, face an uphill climb in breaking into Japan.
5 min read · 09 April 2019
The placement agent and advisory firm hired Charlie Yan, a former managing director at Shanghai asset manager Fosun International, in its Hong Kong office.
2 min read · 08 April 2019
Traditional revenue sources for asset managers are expected to decline over the next five years.
3 min read · 03 April 2019
Japanese LPs provided 40% of the $650m Fund III, investor relations director Lisa Herrell tells PEI.
2 min read · 02 April 2019
A heady fundraising environment buoyed the firm’s efforts to build new LP relationships for Fund VI, but created a headache when it came to whittling down allocations.
5 min read · 02 April 2019
The state-owned conglomerate's private equity subsidiary will look to tap Chinese fund institutions and corporates, family offices and overseas markets including the UK and US.
2 min read · 01 April 2019
Fundraisers can now head down to Starbucks for a $100m fund commitment, but what does this tell us about the market cycle?
2 min read · 28 March 2019
European LPs are more tolerant of lower debt-like returns from impact funds, co-founder Urs Baumann told delegates at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Forum in Hong Kong on 27 March.
2 min read · 28 March 2019
Brookfield calculates AUM differently to the likes of Blackstone and includes the debt of companies it controls.
2 min read · 25 March 2019
Fund of funds managers are leveraging their GP relationships and resources to operate as an outsourced co-investment consultant.
3 min read · 21 March 2019
