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.
Almost two-thirds of investors said they expect capital calls to exceed distributions in 2021, according to a survey by Montana Capital Partners.
2 min read · 15 December 2020
The industry stepped up its diversity efforts this year, with major players setting new targets for women and minorities, hiring diversity and inclusion champions and signing onto an ambitious DEI initiative.
3 min read · 15 December 2020
A joint statement in March by California State Teachers’ Retirement System, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund and UK’s USS Investment Management signaled a significant shift in reallocation of capital.
2 min read · 15 December 2020
From Blackstone to Eurazeo to Partners Group, PE firms and their executives stepped up in response to the pandemic, forgoing salaries, setting up employee assistance funds and shifting capital to pandemic response companies.
3 min read · 14 December 2020
For GPs, teaming up with strategic buyers and tapping assets on smaller listed indices could lead to an increase in public-to-private deals over the next year, say industry practitioners.
4 min read · 09 December 2020
We examine how the Los Angeles pension’s initiative to back diverse and minority-owned PE managers has performed and evolved over more than a decade.
5 min read · 09 December 2020
Covid-19 has left many investment professionals wondering whether they could garner better economics by setting up their own funds. We spoke to 21 market sources involved in successful spin-outs about leaving an established franchise and starting anew.
10 min read · 02 December 2020
The pandemic has upended high-net-worth investors in the region’s near- to medium-term appetite for alternative asset classes.
2 min read · 01 December 2020
Managers have a big role to play in ensuring the resiliency and long-term value of investors’ portfolios, and they need to get better at supplying data.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Corporate pensions, family offices and high-net-worth investors are increasingly making up a bigger share of capital commitments.
3 min read · 30 November 2020
