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.
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.
The second Hall of Famer is the 2003-vintage fifth fund from Scandinavian private equity firm Nordic Capital.
Private equity firms have turned to credit and sector-specialisation to keep up with LP demands for capital allocations over the past year.
The firm is expected to begin accepting commitments for the $500m vehicle in Q1 2018, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The US’s largest public pension decreased its overall expense costs by $170m during the fiscal year ended 30 June, up from $67m of savings last year.