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.
'We shouldn’t be afraid of inflation or volatility because it does create opportunities,' Denise Le Gal, chair of Brunel Pension Partnership, said at PEI’s Women in Private Markets Networking Day.
3 min read · 24 May 2021
Investors in emerging markets should be 'in it for the long haul' and make sure to back a variety of GPs, according to panellists at an EMPEA and IFC conference.
3 min read · 21 May 2021
PE exit activity is on the up following a year of pandemic-induced market slowdown, with almost $600bn of exits in the 12 months to March, according to a report from EY.
2 min read · 19 May 2021
The new open-ended fund structure seeks to address defined contribution schemes’ focus on costs at the expense of net returns, according to the Financial Conduct Authority.
3 min read · 18 May 2021
The private fund model needs to be disrupted to allow defined contribution plans access to the asset class, says the investment consultant’s head of private equity research.
2 min read · 17 May 2021
With an eye on VC, the $12.2bn public pension is particularly interested in women-owned and minority-owned venture firms, according to CIO Angela Miller-May.
3 min read · 12 May 2021
The $12.2bn public pension would consider increasing its current 5% target allocation to PE as part of a future asset allocation review, says CIO Angela Miller-May.
5 min read · 12 May 2021
Ian Brown, head of private markets at the roughly $52bn pension pool, has said subscription credit lines' main benefit is to inflate returns for managers at the expense of investors.
3 min read · 11 May 2021
The private equity giant is looking at opportunities to acquire secondaries firms or set the unit up organically, according to co-president and co-COO Scott Nuttall.
3 min read · 04 May 2021
The firm reported $6.4bn of realised proceeds in the first quarter, driven by exit activity in its Europe, Asia and US buyout funds, as well as AlpInvest and financial services, according to its earnings results on Thursday.
3 min read · 29 April 2021
