Carmela Mendoza

What’s next for DFIs and private equity?

Institutions including the International Finance Corporation and British International Investment are prioritising selective manager-led allocations, growth equity and realistic paths to returns.

EQT hires UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme PE lead for new role

Teia Merring, who has been USS's senior investment director for private equity, joins as global head of strategic partnership solutions at the European firm, PEI has learned.

Green shoots emerge amid PE’s most challenging era

Fundraising timelines averaged about 14 months in the first quarter, the shortest since 2022. An early sign of improving fundraising conditions?

DOWNLOAD: Bright spots emerge in Q1 PE fundraising

Nearly half of the private equity funds that closed in the first quarter met their fundraising targets – the highest proportion in at least five years.

Mercer acquisition brings 'missing link' to AltamarCAM

AltamarCAM's secondaries capabilities were particularly attractive at a time of heightened interest in liquidity, Mercer's Michael Dempsey tells PEI in a Q&A alongside Jose Luis Molina.

Triton says €5.5bn fundraise is a 'strong beneficiary' of Europe’s autonomy agenda

The firm sees opportunities at the intersection of energy and Europe’s push for greater sovereignty, IR head Cenk Turkinan tells PEI.

Evergreens have 'let loose' changes that will upend private markets – Hamilton Lane

Early analysis of evergreen funds shows they outperform closed-end peers over both one- and three-year periods, according to the firm’s 2026 Market Overview.

Partners Group chief: AI, credit fears are ‘wildly overdone’

The firm has not levered its private credit evergreen funds in the same way some of its peers have, according to chief executive David Layton.

Hunter Point CEO: Japan’s emerging GP landscape ripe for future stakes deals

The ecosystem is young, but the talent pipeline and appetite for partnership in Japan are becoming harder to ignore, chief executive Avi Kalichstein tells PEI.

Deep Dive: The UK's pension reform patchwork

How UK asset allocators are becoming some of the most influential LPs in private equity by actively redesigning it.