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.
Fundraising activity in Japan has soared in the last year and overseas investors who once bypassed the country are now touching down.
India’s reforms on foreign direct investment and rising urbanisation are drawing the attention of global institutional investors.
A record $7.8bn worth of deals in the region were completed in 2016, mainly driven by large-cap deals in Indonesia’s technology sector, according to a report from EY.
The Canadian pension giant said it is part of the problem of too much dry powder in the region.
Japan’s domestic market is not large enough to absorb capital from pensions, Daisuke Hamaguchi, CIO of the $107bn Pension Fund Association of Japan, said.
Andrew Huang, a veteran dealmaker at Goldman Sachs, has joined the Hong Kong-based firm as managing director.
Asian insurers, with Korean institutions at the fore, are pushing for more alternative investments as the search for higher yield continues, according to a report from Cerulli Associates.
The firm has backed an ex-Tata Communications executive eyeing data centres and digital media services in Latin America and Asia.
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Jennifer Choi, managing director, industry affairs, will assume day-to-day management at the industry association, until an interim CEO is named.
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The pair intend to develop new products for iNova, expand its geographical footprint and also acquire new brands.