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.
Jo Taylor has been appointed as the senior managing director, international, for the $130bn Canadian pension fund, in what is a newly-created leadership role.
2 min read · 02 December 2016
What the private equity industry can expect from the man charged with stewarding China’s nearly $300bn National Social Security Fund.
4 min read · 01 December 2016
Brisbane-based QIC has inked an agreement with Chinese asset management company Ping An as it looks to grow its business in China.
2 min read · 01 December 2016
Professional services firm A&M has hired three MDs in the region and opened a Singapore office.
2 min read · 30 November 2016
As the volume of overseas acquisitions by Chinese investors soars, strict regulatory oversight is expected for deals larger than $10bn and those made by state-owned companies.
2 min read · 29 November 2016
Private credit and venture capital will continue to be the big investment themes in 2017, according to fund of funds manager Hamilton Lane’s Asia market overview.
2 min read · 29 November 2016
Ex-finance minister Lou Jiwei was named the fifth chairman of the National Social Security Fund to replace Xie Xuren.
2 min read · 28 November 2016
The global alternative asset manager plans to grow its base of Asian LPs starting with Chinese insurance companies, says Asia MD Mingchen Xia.
2 min read · 28 November 2016
The deal follows the London-based bank’s recent dismissal of senior PE executives Joseph Stevens and Bert Kwan as it seeks to reduce its global private equity business.
1 min read · 24 November 2016
KKR kick-starts tender offer for Japanese company Calsonic Kansei, in a deal that would see the PE giant enhance the company’s R&D model.
2 min read · 23 November 2016
