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.
Clearer free structures are more important for LPs than a reduction in fees, research from State Street has revealed.
2 min read · 09 November 2017
The special situations manager has secured commitments from mostly offshore LPs such as funds of funds, European family offices, and US and Asian endowments.
2 min read · 09 November 2017
As the world's second-biggest sovereign wealth fund deepens its US footprint via a $5bn private equity fund with Goldman Sachs, we take a look at its portfolio and strategy.
1 min read · 08 November 2017
Domestic institutional capital is increasingly being mobilised by India-focused firms, says Nupur Garg, IFC’s regional lead for south Asia.
2 min read · 08 November 2017
The London-based bank’s private equity arm plans to form an independent entity by 2018 and has appointed Credit Suisse as a financial advisor.
2 min read · 06 November 2017
Deals in emerging Asia reached $15bn in the first half of 2017, the highest half-year total on record, data from EMPEA show.
2 min read · 03 November 2017
More than just spending power, SOE-backed private equity funds provide strategic positioning of companies in the China market, says CRE Alliance’s head.
2 min read · 02 November 2017
The Sydney-based mid-market firm expects to hold a final close on more than $760m by the end of the year, Private Equity International has learned.
2 min read · 01 November 2017
The $69m acquisition of New Zealand’s largest Kiwi-owned insurer is the latest move in the sovereign wealth's plans to increase domestic investments.
2 min read · 31 October 2017
Piau Voon Wang, co-CIO at Noah Holdings, is leaving the firm this month and plans to explore opportunities focused on greater China.
2 min read · 30 October 2017
