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.
Senior partners Laurent de Rosière and Richard Kunzer will co-head the buyout firm’s IR team after Charlie Bott's departure.
The firm’s Strategic Capital Holdings Fund took stakes in three private equity managers during March after a previous weighting towards hedge funds.
The South African firm – which is in market with at least four vehicles – is also expected to launch an additional fund strategy this year.
A spike in repatriated cash and reduced taxes could push corporates to pump large amounts of capital into domestic M&A activity.
The fund, which has a $1bn hard-cap, will focus on education, healthcare, energy access, clean energy and social inclusion.
One-third expect their next fund to be at least twice the size of its predecessor, according to research from Investec released last week.
A favourable exit environment has tightened the spread of returns among the best and worst performing LBO funds, according to eFront's Returns, risks and liquidity of LBO Funds in Q4 2017.
The Norwegian secondaries firm has launched a strategy targeting direct control positions in larger Nordic companies, managing partner Bjarne Lie told PEI.
The firm has launched a 50:50 JV with European mid-market firm 21 Partners to tap into demand from HNW individuals and family offices.
The $65bn Alaska Permanent Fund is creating a supercharged private equity portfolio.