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.
Delegates at the HKVCA's China Private Equity Summit on Tuesday heard that the bar for Chinese assets has risen amid regulatory, political and economic uncertainty.
Aquilius founder Bastian Wolff spent 15 years at Partners Group, including most recently as head of Asia private real estate, while fellow founder Christian Keiber was previously a managing director in Blackstone’s Asia PE team.
The asset manager will pursue yuan-denominated LP-led and GP-led transactions from a discretionary pool of client capital, according to Asia co-head Mingchen Xia.
Speaking at the HKVCA’s annual forum, Colin Sau, managing partner of TR Capital, said the firm is increasing its focus on China in 2023 after a slowdown in recent years.
The former head of alternative investments at healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente is expected to focus on growth equity, VC and secondaries activity.
Pension giant is reviving plans that were scrapped last year, head of the strategic alternative investments Jeryang Lee told delegates at the PDI: Seoul Forum.