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.
Customisable fund models, particularly separately managed accounts, are becoming more popular.
2 min read · 28 June 2018
Investors will increasing eschew commingled funds for direct or co-investments.
2 min read · 28 June 2018
LPs' drive to cut the number of managers they use may create a split between blue-chip multi-strategy asset managers and smaller specialist GPs.
2 min read · 27 June 2018
An unwillingness to improve ESG standards over a number of years could impact LGT’s desire to re-up with some existing GPs.
2 min read · 27 June 2018
Exit values fell to €39.9bn in H1 2018, down 30% from the second half of last year, according to research from CMBOR.
1 min read · 27 June 2018
The firm appointed Bernard de Backer, former senior portfolio manager at ADIA, to cover investor relations and value creation in January.
2 min read · 26 June 2018
Just 36% of asset owners have identified quality sustainable investing opportunities in private equity, trailing public equities and real assets, according to Morgan Stanley.
1 min read · 20 June 2018
The $828bn sovereign wealth fund joins existing investors CVC, Reinet and Legend Holdings.
2 min read · 20 June 2018
Some managers are giving away more favourable terms to LPs as it becomes harder to stand out from the crowd, according to a PEI Rainmaker.
2 min read · 18 June 2018
A combination of equity and debt could provide greater alignment with portfolio companies when battling an unfavourable cycle, according to GSO Capital Partners’ Paulo Eapen.
2 min read · 18 June 2018
