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.
<p>Overall AUM growth of the largest sovereign and public sector pension funds in Asia is having a positive denominator effect for private equity, according to a Willis Towers Watson study.<br /></p>
3 min read · 05 September 2017
The newly-merged investment business of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments is seeking to boost its exposure to co-investments and increase its focus on investing in smaller GP deals.
3 min read · 05 September 2017
The Mumbai-based manager had an initial target of $400m when it launched its latest offering in late-2015.
2 min read · 01 September 2017
The Hong Kong-based firm has already deployed $300m from the fund but wants to garner an extra $200m to hit its target before the end of the year.
2 min read · 31 August 2017
<p> The vehicle will invest alongside the Pan-Asia manager's 2015-vintage Fund II.</p>
2 min read · 30 August 2017
The New York-based firm is the latest global private equity firm to appoint a Japan head this year as it looks to expand its presence in the country.
2 min read · 29 August 2017
The pan-Asian manager is targeting around 30 percent more than the $3.8bn it raised for its previous Asia Pacific-focused buyout vehicle.<br />
2 min read · 28 August 2017
China Life, the country’s largest insurer by assets, will contribute $840m to the fund and Chinese internet giant Baidu will commit $160m.
2 min read · 25 August 2017
Former Ark Totan Alternative CEO Shunsuke Tanahashi is tasked with building out the Swiss investment manager’s relationships with Japanese institutional investors and distribution partners.
1 min read · 24 August 2017
China’s State Council has put overseas investments into 'encouraged', 'restricted' and 'prohibited' categories.
2 min read · 24 August 2017
