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.
From France to Poland to the UK, check out how governments are strengthening screening rules on assets deemed essential for security and public order in light of covid-19.
1 min read · 05 May 2020
The investment giant categorised about 30% of its $80.4bn PE portfolio as highly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which drove most of the quarter’s depreciation.
3 min read · 30 April 2020
Christian Sinding discusses why private equity should get access to state aid during the crisis and how it balances the interests of its companies and LPs.
4 min read · 30 April 2020
Emotions that are unconsciously repressed or denied could result to GPs missing out on deals and push practitioners to their limits, according to a report from DWS.
3 min read · 30 April 2020
Governments, banks and PE firms need to support portfolio companies during the health crisis, the buyout giant's chief executive said on a Q1 earnings call on Friday.
3 min read · 24 April 2020
Russell Valdez of the $25bn investor discusses how GPs can ease pressing concerns of LPs and how the firm is supporting its managers during the coronavirus crisis.
4 min read · 23 April 2020
Africa's growth-oriented focus and DFI-heavy investor base could make it more resilient than other PE markets and help the continent rebound from health crisis.
5 min read · 21 April 2020
The firm has merged its financial services and industrial tech and services teams to tap more attractive deals as a result of market dislocation.
2 min read · 20 April 2020
Q1 2020 reflected strong fundraising activity in illiquid alternatives, with the firm gathering about $7bn across its secondaries and infrastructure funds.
2 min read · 16 April 2020
As covid-19 wreaks havoc on financial markets, we look back at the previous crisis and the most active firms after the Lehman Brothers collapse.
3 min read · 16 April 2020
