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Carmela Mendoza

Carmela Mendoza is a senior reporter for Private Equity International based in London. She first joined PEI in Hong Kong in 2015 and covered Asia. A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, she previously worked for a digital agency in Singapore focused on government websites and publications covering business, trade and industry, transport, and social development.
The US investment arm of ORIX Corporation, which currently operates on a deal-by-deal basis, seeks to launch its first vehicle in the next year and will invest up to $500m per transaction.
Buyers active in Asia are changing their geographic focus and deal types, eyeing larger transactions in Japan, South Korea and Australia.
The Japanese pension giant has received 23 proposals from private equity funds of funds in its first recruitment drive for external managers for alternatives.
The Melbourne-based pension is planning to shift its focus from private equity to more direct investments in property and infrastructure, according to Ian Silk, chief executive at AustralianSuper.
The Tokyo-based private equity firm sold its stake in document scanning company Primagest to ORIX, in a transaction that would return almost 65 percent of the capital of J-STAR No. 2 to its LPs.
The Financial Services Development Council says the current private equity tax law favours offshore investments and has proposed a more business-friendly tax regime to benefit Hong Kong-based companies.
Yasufumi Hirao, who spent three years as chief executive at the Tokyo-based fund of funds, is now senior principal at Aspirant Group.
Anacacia Capital’s investment in the linguistics and technology company generated a return of 12.6x over seven years.
Chinese regulator CIRC has issued a circular calling for insurers to review the impact private equity investments have on their ‘solvency and overall returns’.
Tech-focused investments accounted for more than 60% of private equity and venture deals in South-East Asia.
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