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.
Two former CIOs from the International Finance Corporation discussed whether financial rewards should be tied to impact results at a London conference.
2 min read · 24 October 2018
Private equity managers and their LPs could stand to lose from government intervention on foreign direct investment.
6 min read · 23 October 2018
Dividend recaps and a favourable exit environment are causing LBO funds to deliver liquidity earlier, according to eFront data.
1 min read · 22 October 2018
GPs must be prepared to ramp up checks and balances to bring LPs on side, Neuberger Berman and BC Partners executives told the British private equity conference.
2 min read · 18 October 2018
Henri de Castries – who led the €1.4trn French insurance giant from 2000 to 2016 – will provide the firm’s board with new relationships and strategic guidance.
2 min read · 16 October 2018
Abraaj’s joint provisional liquidators identified 367 pieces of artwork held in the company’s name, with an insured value of $22m, per creditors’ documents.
2 min read · 16 October 2018
Complexity, opacity and a lack of standardisation have slowed efforts to improve reporting, a conference has heard.
2 min read · 16 October 2018
Firms raised more than $259bn between Q1 and Q3, marking the lowest total since 2015 for the same period.
1 min read · 09 October 2018
Cinven, Apax and Permira are among those due major raises in the next 12 months, forcing investors to make tough decisions.
2 min read · 08 October 2018
The lender’s head of global fund banking for EMEA tells PEI about the implications of the Abraaj Group saga, enhancements in underwriting, changing LP bases and fee structures.
3 min read · 03 October 2018
