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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.
Crowds of people crossing the street in Tokyo, Japan
The VC unit will consider re-opening JP Fund I to test international appetites before launching its second Japanese fund of funds later this year, PEI understands.
PEI Persepctives performance analysis
The proportion of investor respondents to the LP Perspectives 2024 Study that are overallocated to the asset class has fallen to 18%.
Orange County Employees Retirement System, the City of San Jose Retirement System and UK pension fund Railpen are among the LPs betting on a new firm that wants to buy stakes in 15 to 20 VC management companies.
The regulator said that from August 2017 through April 2021, Insight charged excess management fees by inaccurately calculating management fees based on aggregated invested capital at the portfolio company level instead of at the individual portfolio investment security level.
Golden eggs as metaphors for carried interest.
The House is set to pass the Inflation Reduction Act after Democrats nixed their plan to close the so-called 'carried interest loophole,' but you can be certain this won’t the last we hear of the issue.
Yasuyuki tomita japan science and technology agency
The Japan Science and Technology Agency's university endowment will initially rely on gatekeepers until it has enough internal resources to invest directly, says PE head Yasuyuki Tomita.
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance has four venture funds in its PE portfolio and hopes to get access to "top-tier VCs," says Innchul Oh, a senior manager for private equity at HDMF.
SEC
The degree to which non-US sponsors would be impacted by the changes depends on whether they are registered with the SEC.
Singapore skyline Vertex Temasek
Several high-profile exits this year could serve to validate the Southeast Asian investment thesis.
Shanghai spin out Starlight Capital
Starlight Capital, led by Eastern Bell co-founder Tao Tang, is in market with two early-stage funds. The firm’s spin-out comes at a difficult time for Chinese fundraising.
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