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.
The UK and France delivered higher returns for the level of risk taken by investors, while the US underperformed, according to a report from eFront.
1 min read · 30 May 2018
The buyout firm is seeking between €800m and €1bn for its fourth fund.
1 min read · 29 May 2018
The firm is targeting $2bn for Permira Growth Opportunities I and has made its first investment, Private Equity International has learned.
1 min read · 29 May 2018
How BC Partners will succeed in real estate.
2 min read · 24 May 2018
Expansion into new strategies has often been met with scepticism from investors, but evidence points to changes in the status quo.
2 min read · 24 May 2018
Dominic Spiri's departure follows the appointment of Vivek Ahuja, former deputy group CFO of Standard Chartered, to the role of group chief financial officer in January.
1 min read · 24 May 2018
Stéphane Theuriau joins as managing partner and head of RE following more than eight years at French property developer Altarea Cogedim.
2 min read · 21 May 2018
The firm plans to add one or two US managers to its platform to diversify the business.
1 min read · 21 May 2018
Private equity produced a 10.7% annualised return across 21 state pensions, outperforming public equities, according to research from advisor Cliffwater.
1 min read · 21 May 2018
The Canadian pension giant had C$9.6bn invested in emerging markets private equity as of 31 March, up from C$5.8bn last year.
2 min read · 17 May 2018
