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.
More than one in three of respondents plan to increase their allocation to emerging markets as a proportion of their total portfolio, up from 29 percent last year.
Jonathan Smidt has stood down as head of the industrials investment team after 18 years at the firm.
The €70m Fund II will target controlling stakes in small- and mid-cap manufacturing and services companies in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
A majority of LPs find recruitment and internal resource constraints to be significant barriers to improving PE returns, according to Coller Capital's latest survey.
The firm has called a private meeting in Dubai with shareholders, creditors and advisors to discuss the potential sale of its fund management business.
Almost 40% of LPs have already invested or will consider investing in funds that take stakes in GPs, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer.
International capital is flowing into US funds, but the vehicles are increasingly looking outside the country for opportunities.
Increased LP due diligence and strong capital distributions could mean private equity has less to fear from an impending downturn than a decade ago.
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.
The buyout firm is seeking between €800m and €1bn for its fourth fund.