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.
The 500 largest fund managers held $2.5trn of alternative AUM at the end of last year, up 5% from 2015, according to the P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 500.
LPs lacking knowledge of the market could drive up valuations, Jean Claude Bastos de Morais, chief executive of Quantum Global, tells PEI.
How Cinven replicated a tried-and-tested approach in the patents industry.
The continent is growing in appeal as investing in the US becomes more of a challenge.
Investors are likely to benefit from an impending upswing, according to the chairman of Angola’s $5.1bn sovereign wealth fund.
Brexit could lead to a 'rich vein' of growth opportunities in the UK, head of private equity Peter Gale tells PEI.
The hire comes as private equity firms including Blackstone, Apollo and KKR have been offering smaller investors access to their products.
The Scandinavian firm has adopted an effective approach to value creation with its community-driven procurement system; implementing such a programme is not without its challenges.
The Neuberger Berman unit has secured around $1bn of commitments for its vehicle that will take stakes in managers, Private Equity International has learned.
The investment manager aims to secure the funds from Middle Eastern investors by 2019, chief executive Jean Claude Bastos de Morais tells PEI.