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.
Investors and fund managers alike are waking up to the appeal of GP interest vehicles.
The US's largest public pension made $3.3bn of commitments to private equity in the 2016-17 fiscal year, down from $4bn the previous year, according to documents released this week.
Hisham Halbouny, the managing director of the Mansour Group’s family office, private equity fund and asset management arm, tells Private Equity International why it is betting big on direct investments.
How Cinven replicated a tried-and-tested approach in the patents industry with its acquisition of intellectual property business CPA Global.
Edward Bramson’s game plan has not always been clear, but his activist approach to Electra Private Equity has resulted in significant gains for shareholders.
The fund of funds has chosen to support funds that have 'stayed in their sweet spot rather than those jumping in tremendously in fund size', according to partner Maninder Saluja.
Joe Garrood joined car benefit company Tusker as a commercial director in late July after five years in ECI’s commercial team.
Responsible investing is moving up the agenda as a new generation takes the reins at family offices.
A lack of opportunities and inflated valuations are contributing to fewer but larger transactions.
The 500 largest fund managers held $2.5trn of alternative AUM at the end of last year, up 5% from 2015, according to the P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 500.