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 $65bn fund is underweight the region and is looking at China, Indonesia and pan-Asian funds, according to senior portfolio manager Yup Kim.
The firm secured new mandates with projected future commitments of over $3bn and reported increasing demand from Southern Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Top-decile institutional investors had a median allocation of 40% or more in private investments, according to Cambridge Associates research.
The debut fund will target primary, secondaries and direct co-investments across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies.
The change reflects Australia and New Zealand’s disproportionate weighting in Riverside Asia-Pacific Fund II, a $235m 2012-vintage.
Impact investing fund managers had collected $5.4bn from banks and diversified institutions as of 31 December, a 24% annual increase from 2014.
Alex Bance has left the European placement agent and formed Calpa Capital, Private Equity International has learned.
Organisations with a higher allocation to the asset class significantly outperformed their peers, a report has found.
PAI Partners, Affinity Equity Partners and Coller Capital are among the most suitable candidates for a GP stake investment, according to a report.
Astrea V is backed by cashflows from a diversified pool of private equity funds managed by firms including KKR, TPG and Warburg Pincus.