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.
Picking a GP at random now gives investors less than a 50% chance at beating public markets, according to data from PitchBook.
1 min read · 18 September 2018
The $14.8bn pension manager is slowing its deployment to private equity and other equity-like assets to cut risk.
3 min read · 17 September 2018
A perfect storm of four key issues is hindering efforts to hire for the crucial position.
4 min read · 12 September 2018
The firm joins the likes of KKR, CVC and BlackRock in targeting long-term cashflows from market-leading companies.
3 min read · 11 September 2018
Peter Miholich resurfaced in March as head of Transition Capital, HgCapital’s newly-formed preferred equity and debt arm.
1 min read · 10 September 2018
Investors had a choice of fee and carry options on the $3.5bn fund, with most opting for the traditional two-and-20.
2 min read · 10 September 2018
The firm – which was launched in 2010 by four former Danske Capital executives – gathered €138m for KJK Fund III en route to its €250m cap.
2 min read · 10 September 2018
North American pensions have the largest appetite for alternatives while their Asia-Pacific counterparts are the least enthusiastic, according to Willis Towers Watson.
1 min read · 05 September 2018
The French bank's private investment arm has aborted its plans due to deteriorating economic conditions in the region.
2 min read · 04 September 2018
Former corporate M&A specialist Ralf Schremper will lead the bureau.
1 min read · 03 September 2018
