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 programme – which will comprise two funds and launch in the first half of next year – could drive the fund's annual PE deployment to $13bn.
2 min read · 17 May 2018
The vehicle will be Capdesia's first since it was launched by former executives at US private debt firm CapitalSpring last year.
1 min read · 17 May 2018
The use of debt to delay capital calls saw HVPE’s distributions outweigh investments last year.
2 min read · 17 May 2018
Virginia Doble was responsible for raising approximately £650m across Sovereign Capital’s previous two private equity funds.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
Private equity and infrastructure account for up to 5% of the Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group assets managed by Standard Life Aberdeen.
2 min read · 15 May 2018
The £8.3bn fund is planning to increase its target allocation to the asset class through 'world-class managers'.
2 min read · 15 May 2018
Sellers have less negotiating power and reduced financial standing when it comes to reinvesting in their business, according to Goodwin’s 2018 Rollover Survey.
2 min read · 14 May 2018
KJK Fund III will target approximately 15 buyouts or growth deals in Balkan countries such as Romania, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the three Baltic states.
1 min read · 14 May 2018
The firm has significantly altered its allocation to the lower end of the market in a bid to avoid possible macro-economic headwinds.
3 min read · 01 May 2018
Three firms broke into the top 10 after leapfrogging a host of blue-chip players.
3 min read · 01 May 2018
