Alex Lynn
Alex Lynn is an award-winning journalist and 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, having previously covered EMEA markets 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.
The fund of funds specialist believes China could present interesting secondaries opportunities given a lack of buyer interest, managing partner Alex Sao Wei Lee said.
Tariff turmoil could battle test the resolve of individual investors and their suitability for the burgeoning community of semi-liquid private markets funds.
ASF IX raised capital from around 40 APAC LPs, compared with less than 10 in its predecessor, Greater China head Jason Yao tells Secondaries Investor.
Quilvest Secondaries Fund will primarily target GP-led transactions, though it will include a pocket for shorter duration opportunities, Secondaries Investor understands.
The programme involves both GP-leds and LP-leds, Mathieu Forcioli, global and APAC head of alternatives for HSBC Global Private Banking, tells Secondaries Investor.
Pacific Equity Partners has deployed around 60% of its evergreen wealth product into overseas GP-leds, managing director Alex Ovchar tells Secondaries Investor.
The new designation reflects Schroders Capital's commitment to the increasing GP-led opportunity set, a spokesperson tells Secondaries Investor.
Pak-Seng Lai, former head of APAC private wealth at Blue Owl Capital and head of private markets APAC at UBS, joined Coller's Hong Kong office in October.
Aizawa AM’s third flagship, which held its final close this year, is already 85% deployed, chief executive Shinichiro Shiraki tells Secondaries Investor.
The country’s largest public pension will pursue both private equity and private credit continuation fund opportunities, according to investment policy committee member Sam Y Chung.