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.
Jennifer Choi, managing director, industry affairs, will assume day-to-day management at the industry association, until an interim CEO is named.
1 min read · 13 June 2017
The pair intend to develop new products for iNova, expand its geographical footprint and also acquire new brands.
2 min read · 12 June 2017
The US House of Representatives has cleared the Financial Choice Act, which would scale back a number of core regulations and exempt private equity firms from SEC registration and certain reporting requirements.
2 min read · 09 June 2017
The Beijing-headquartered firm made the investment from its $250m healthcare-focused fund.
2 min read · 07 June 2017
The firm’s latest offering is significantly larger than its $950m predecessor.
2 min read · 07 June 2017
The firm made the investment through its third Asia buyout fund and its debut life sciences fund.
2 min read · 06 June 2017
Asian investors are increasingly favouring US and European investments over their home markets as liquidity in the region is still deemed an issue, according to Markus Benzler, UBS’s multi-manager head.<br /><br />
2 min read · 05 June 2017
Mid-market firm Unison Capital made its investment in ‘izakaya’ DINAMIX from its fourth buyout vehicle which closed on $630m in 2015.
2 min read · 05 June 2017
Seoul-based Samyang Optics saw increased revenues and a nearly two-fold boost in EBITDA under VIG Partners, through a change in strategy and streamlining of its operations
2 min read · 02 June 2017
The firm’s Asian Fund III, raised in less than seven months, has now surpassed its $6bn predecessor Fund II as the region’s largest fund.
2 min read · 02 June 2017
