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.
The covid-19 pandemic has dealt severe challenges to the emerging markets growth model but fund managers on the ground are making the best of it.
5 min read · 30 November 2020
Atypical Partner, an emerging manager platform launched by Mauro Moretti, will invest up to €50m in mid-market GPs.
3 min read · 30 November 2020
Hamilton Lane’s dual fee structure for its latest co-investment vehicle shows how GPs are responding to changing investor preferences.
5 min read · 23 November 2020
The firm's Global Transition Fund will invest in assets that will move the economy towards net-zero, including renewables, industrial businesses and infrastructure.
2 min read · 12 November 2020
Climate initiatives by GPs tend to be about sharing good practice rather than systemic assessments across the portfolios, says Stephen Barrie, the pension's deputy director of ethics and engagement.
2 min read · 12 November 2020
It is only when GPs play their part in climate change solutions that LPs can make their portfolios resilient and operational in the long-term, say panellists at PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum.
2 min read · 11 November 2020
Mega buyouts made up nearly a third of total investment value for the period and was the only investment stage that grew annually, according to a report from Invest Europe.
3 min read · 10 November 2020
Kara Helander and Anna Edwin discuss how they are building diversity, equity and inclusion within their firms, and how the racial justice movement and pandemic have generated momentum for sustained action.
1 min read · 10 November 2020
Investors cannot afford to ignore a GP set that has largely outperformed industry benchmarks, even during a pandemic.
2 min read · 05 November 2020
GPs should drive the creation of consistent and comparable data disclosures and common standards in ESG, executives from Carlyle Group and Macquarie say.
2 min read · 05 November 2020
