Home Authors Posts by Alex Lynn

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.
Management fees, hurdle rates and carried interest waterfalls; a visual guide to economic fund terms today.
The firm joins the likes of KKR, CVC and BlackRock in targeting long-term cashflows from market-leading companies.
For shareholders, the true appeal of listed fund managers such as Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR lies in their long-term potential.
UK private equity funds are under increased scrutiny from continental investors but US LPs seem to have fewer doubts.
Distributed ledgers can track where money moves, giving GPs and LPs better oversight on how their capital is being deployed.
A majority of LPs find recruitment and internal resource constraints to be significant barriers to improving PE returns, according to Coller Capital's latest survey.
Dominic Spiri's departure follows the appointment of Vivek Ahuja, former deputy group CFO of Standard Chartered, to the role of group chief financial officer in January.
The use of debt to delay capital calls saw HVPE’s distributions outweigh investments last year.
Sellers have less negotiating power and reduced financial standing when it comes to reinvesting in their business, according to Goodwin’s 2018 Rollover Survey.
CEOs at KKR and Blackstone received more carried interest or incentive fee distributions in 2017 than the previous year.
pfcfo
pfcfo

Copyright PEI Media

Not for publication, email or dissemination