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.
Institutional investors are trying to do whatever they can to reduce gross-to-net spreads or reduce overall private equity fees to boost performance, according to research by Rede Partners.
2 min read · 20 March 2019
Fundless sponsors are winning fans in the fund of funds world, but performance remains front of mind.
3 min read · 19 March 2019
Junior and mid-level employees are widely regarded as attractive targets, while more senior personnel may find themselves on the receiving end of tough questions from future business partners.
3 min read · 18 March 2019
PEI's interactive charts paint a picture of how the two would marry together.
1 min read · 14 March 2019
The European Commission has reduced the amount of capital insurers must set aside to manage the perceived risks for some long-term equities.
3 min read · 14 March 2019
PEI has trawled the archives to establish which firms have won the most gongs since the inception of the PEI Awards in 2001.
1 min read · 07 March 2019
Firms completed at least $5.8bn of private equity, infrastructure and real assets buyouts last year, more than the previous four years combined, according to EMPEA data.
2 min read · 07 March 2019
While successful buyers are likely to take on a healthy number of mid-level staff, PEI looks at which senior personnel have left and who remains behind.
4 min read · 06 March 2019
PEI revisits its performance watch series with updated Q4 earnings data.
1 min read · 28 February 2019
Public-to-private deals reached their highest level since before the global financial crisis last year as private market valuations prompted buyers to seek value elsewhere.
2 min read · 27 February 2019
