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 Japanese buyout firm wants to raise almost $1bn for its fifth Japan fund and second Korea fund, Private Equity International has learned.
1 min read · 07 March 2018
The Mitsubishi Corporation-backed firm expects to raise capital from an Asian investor for its second offering, whose LPs are mainly domestic financial institutions.
2 min read · 05 March 2018
Geographic targets are the Belt and Road Initiative’s countries, US and Europe, according to the latest Sovereign Wealth Funds Report by IE Business School.
2 min read · 28 February 2018
Sigit Prasetya, head of Asia at CVC Capital Partners, tells PEI how Japan’s buyout deals and South-East Asia’s family-owned businesses are its key investment targets.
4 min read · 27 February 2018
The sovereign wealth fund has, however, warned that it expects returns to fall this year as asset classes globally remain above full value.
2 min read · 22 February 2018
Funds with a final target size of $1bn or more accounted for 62% of capital raised in 2017.
2 min read · 22 February 2018
Asian GPs do not plan to increase their spending on digital threats while market regulation and tax regulation are bigger concerns, according to a report by Augentius
1 min read · 21 February 2018
Deployment is getting harder for the southeast Asian country's managers as domestic investors become increasingly active in direct investing.
3 min read · 20 February 2018
The pension’s head of Asia-Pacific, Suyi Kim, has driven a decade of growth for the fund and she’s just getting started.
8 min read · 20 February 2018
The Singapore-headquartered firm expects to raise more than a third of its $300m target by April.
2 min read · 15 February 2018
