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.
Temasek has appointed two new presidents and said it will combine its sector and market investment teams, barely a week after GIC announced a raft of promotions in its senior investment team.
The platform will buy pools of non-performing loans in several emerging markets.
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Vivek Pandit, director at McKinsey & Company says huge capital inflows expected over the coming years and increased direct investing are shaking up the private equity industry.
The Medical Research Future Fund, managed by Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, has made its first investment into private equity.
The Zurich-headquartered investment firm had quadrupled Tsingda’s revenues up to $197 million in 2015.
Yong Cheen Choo was previously global head of direct investments for private equity in GIC’s London office.
The dual currency fund achieved a first close on $1 billion in October last year.
The private equity arm of the Singapore-based UOB will invest primarily in Chongqing-based companies exploring western China and Singapore tie-ups.
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Rising affluence in South Korea and consumer demand for convenience are current trends driving private equity investments, says VIG managing partner Jason Shin.
The Mumbai-based firm started marketing its fourth private equity fund in the third quarter of 2014.