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.
By acquiring business process outsourcing company Nippon Outsourcing Corporation, The Longreach Group's $400m second fund is now fully invested.
2 min read · 05 October 2016
The country continues to open up to foreign investment, but ticket sizes and family-run companies are holding back private equity firms.<br />
3 min read · 30 September 2016
Chinese buyers have snapped up more than $100bn in overseas assets this year, thanks in part to a loosening of rules on investing abroad, and participants in PEI’s Asia roundtable say the appetite for foreign deals is set to grow.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
The Canadian pension fund, an active investor in China, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the country’s economic and social development commission to assist in attracting more international capital to the Chinese senior care industry.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
The Japanese insurer’s decision to create an alternatives division follows sister company Japan Post Bank’s move last December to establish a private equity division, as part of its efforts to diversify beyond domestic bonds.
1 min read · 28 September 2016
<p>The biggest private equity fund to date will be managed by China’s state-assets watchdog, and aims to tackle more than 77 trillion yuan in debt owed by Chinese state-owned enterprises.</p>
2 min read · 27 September 2016
Baring Asia’s offer for the Sydney-listed risk management firm is lower than the A$1.1bn bid from buyout firms KKR and Pacific Equity Partners two years ago, but that bid eventually fell through.
3 min read · 27 September 2016
Valuations are slipping from highs seen a year ago, with positive implications for investment, HarbourVest's Hong Kong-based principal Haide Lui says, as she shares her views on the firm's approach and its outlook for the region.
5 min read · 26 September 2016
Peter Slagt has moved from Bain’s London office to Kuala Lumpur to join the consulting firm’s Global Results Delivery Practice, and will focus on South-East Asia-based clients.
1 min read · 23 September 2016
South Korea’s booming e-commerce and online shopping industry has created 'significant growth opportunities' for delivery companies, says CVC Korea partner and chairman Steve Lim.
2 min read · 23 September 2016
