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.
Shanghai-based Chris Lerner and another senior executive are understood to have left the placement agent and advisory firm in August.
2 min read · 11 October 2020
PE firms need to explain to nearly a million UK portfolio company employees that the industry's job is to back the 'winners' of the covid-19 crisis, a conference has heard.
2 min read · 08 October 2020
Women make up about one in four of senior investment professionals at Neuberger Berman, which employs 'concrete measures' on recruitment and retention.
2 min read · 07 October 2020
Buyout funds recorded an average multiple of 1.36x on invested capital in the first half of the year, reverting to the 10-year historical average and down from the near-record 1.45x in late 2019.
3 min read · 07 October 2020
Laura Coquis, who was most recently managing director at OMERS, joins Aviditi Advisors along with recent hires from KKR and First Avenue Partners.
2 min read · 01 October 2020
The firm made a 6.5% GP commitment to Fund X, the largest by far across its vehicles, managing partner Kristoffer Melinder tells PEI.
3 min read · 01 October 2020
Private equity investors favouring familiarity in times of crisis could miss out on opportunities to deploy capital, a panel has heard.
2 min read · 30 September 2020
Scandinavia-headquartered PE firms are set to raise record amounts of capital amid a tougher environment due to coronavirus.
2 min read · 29 September 2020
Should the fundraising environment cloud over, LPs could take the upper hand in fee negotiations – with consequences for managers’ business models.
2 min read · 29 September 2020
More than half of respondents to a survey by Eaton Partners said they believe the worst impact of the covid-19 crisis is behind us.
2 min read · 28 September 2020
