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.
“The role of private equity and particularly venture capital and growth equity in the Future Fund’s portfolio is more important now than it has ever been,” said head of private equity, Steve Byrom.
The fund aims to capitalise on a wave of restructurings among South Korean conglomerates.
The China arm of the silicon valley venture firm has upped its investment in Gopher Asset Management, the private equity arm of Chinese wealth management company Noah Holdings.
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The direct secondaries firm, which is planning to open a Mumbai office, has made a $21m investment in construction and engineering companies in India
Japan’s largest pension plan has issued an RFP for investment consultants to advise on its underweight alternatives portfolio.
A slowdown in technology investments and a pricing mismatch in Indonesia have taken their toll on deal activity in South-East Asia, according to a report from Ernst & Young.
Veteran M&A banker and ex-BDA Partners managing director Lydia Xu will join the US investment bank.
The Seoul-based firm’s latest fund has raised almost 20 percent of its money from overseas institutions.
The fund, focused on US and European companies planning to expand in China, is targeting $500m.
At the China Everbright Investor Conference, FountainVest Partners chief executive Frank Tang highlighted potential deals in healthcare and advanced manufacturing.