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.
Fundraising in the continent has seen better days as investors look for strategies with more transparency than traditional private equity fund structures.
3 min read · 03 September 2018
Sweta Chattopadhyay was involved in building the £28bn pension's co-investment programme and has been appointed to help increase Bfinance's emphasis on that area.
2 min read · 29 August 2018
Valentina Gentile will serve as investor relations director, Private Equity International has learned.
1 min read · 28 August 2018
On Tuesday Arif Naqvi reached a settlement in a $217m bounced cheque case. PEI looks at the figures that could play a role in further developments.
1 min read · 28 August 2018
They accounted for 7% of CEE fundraising in 2017, having committed nothing in the previous two years, research has found.
1 min read · 27 August 2018
Co-chief Patrick Healy will become sole chief executive, with Hammarskjold moving to executive chairman, according to investor documents.
2 min read · 23 August 2018
The $3bn fund is increasing its private equity activity after raising its target allocation to 10% from 7% in 2016.
1 min read · 23 August 2018
Retail demand for alternatives has promise but the options for GPs hoping to access a new pool of capital remain limited.
2 min read · 22 August 2018
Domestic PE was at least 10 times as popular, according to Schroder Adveq data.
2 min read · 21 August 2018
From geography to commitment size, the key factors behind returns at 11 top-performing US public pensions have been analysed.
3 min read · 20 August 2018
