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.
No SMA clients have yet sought to alter their exclusion lists in response to Europe’s defence opportunity, global head Ruulke Bagijn and global head of primaries Wendy Zhu tell PEI.
4 min read · 31 July 2025
Some 31% of LPs saw their private equity allocation drop between January and June – a dynamic most pronounced among foundations and endowments, according to PEI's H1 2025 Investor Report.
2 min read · 28 July 2025
An explosion of hefty – and, in some cases, repeat – continuation fund processes underscores the increasing maturation of Europe’s secondaries landscape.
3 min read · 24 July 2025
Stuart Wrigley, who will also lead the firm's Asia-Pacific expansion from a new Singapore office, joins following a 24-year stint at GSAM, most recently as head of its APAC client solutions group.
3 min read · 23 July 2025
Youngshin Park, a 20-year veteran of the country's LP community, explains what makes Korean LPs tick and outlines the best strategies for accessing this rich source of capital.
5 min read · 21 July 2025
The government’s apparent endorsement of subscription credit lines could enable Japanese private equity funds to compare more favourably with their overseas peers.
3 min read · 08 July 2025
RMBV is also about to complete its second continuation fund transaction, PEI understands.
2 min read · 03 July 2025
The investment bank has said it will no longer work with the tech and healthcare investor on placing its latest flagship fund, which is expected to seek at least €3bn.
2 min read · 20 June 2025
A careful approach to selling and deploying semi-liquid products will help mitigate the most acute threats associated with raising ‘retail’ capital.
2 min read · 19 June 2025
The effort would be Advent’s second fund in Asia, having raised – and subsequently wound down – a $725m Japan fund in 2008.
2 min read · 16 June 2025
