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.
Dedicated teams that can leverage the reputation, infrastructure and relationships of their parent firm ‘can be quite powerful’, a conference has heard.
What the increase in sponsor-to-sponsor transactions says about the growing private equity market.
Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the market to sink, but forecasting when it will happen is tricky.
The $36bn fund reported strong private equity returns after implementing an 'aggressive' restructuring plan in December.
The South African firm has also launched its seventh flagship buyout fund, for which it is targeting as much as $755m by early next year.
Two-fifths of family offices are planning to increase their allocations to private equity, according to a report by UBS and Campden Wealth.
Some 42% of LPs expect to deploy more capital via co-investments over the next year as investor sentiment shifts away from primary funds.
The investment committee said it must temper expectations for growth despite the recent strong performances.
The $1.9trn investor has tweaked its alternatives strategy amid growing competition in the Japanese private equity market.
The university’s investment management arm had private equity returns of 5.6% for the year ended 30 June, up from a 3.9% loss the previous year.