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.
Fears of a bear market, declining UK appeal and Asian acquisitions are expected to dominate the continent in 2018.
Several huge closes drove the average fund size to $778.8m in 2017, up from $564.2m the previous year.
The opening is dependent on a successful first close for TVM Healthcare MENA III, which has a $250m target, chief executive Helmut Schuehsler told PEI.
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Anders Dalhoff and PKA have agreed to 'discontinue our collaboration' after failing to agree on future plans, according to the former's LinkedIn.
General and limited partners have shown growing interest in acquiring manager stakes during 2017.
Matthew Savino, who was most recently global head of alternatives at BlackRock, joins as head of US capital markets.
Buyout values totalled €27.1bn across 181 deals this year, up from €14.7bn across 398 transactions in 2016, according to data from CMBOR.
Ardian Capital Asia IV had attracted $66.4m-worth of commitments as of 10 May, according to documents seen by PEI.
Private Equity International rounds up some of the most notable private equity-related tweets of 2017.