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 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.
The tech giant led investments of more than $300m in US-based indoor farming company Plenty and self-driving technology specialist Brain Corp.
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Over nearly seven years, Warburg more than doubled EBITDA at China Biologic Products and created a booming plasma-based drugs company.
Myoun-Wook Kang, who joined the Korean pension fund in February 2016, is leaving the firm after a wave of key personnel departures early this year.
The pair have teamed up for the first time, investing between them €227 million for Formel D, a global service provider to the automotive and component supply industry.