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.
Capital raising, deal financing and talent retention will face more challenges, according to panellists at a private equity conference in London.
2 min read · 13 September 2019
The $32bn pension plans to allocate as much as 20% of its private equity portfolio to growth and mid-market-focused GPs.
2 min read · 12 September 2019
Melior Equity Partners, founded by Carlyle managing directors Jonathan Cosgrave and Peter Garvey, will begin raising capital early next year.
2 min read · 11 September 2019
Goodhart Partners’ Michael Daley discusses opportunities for mid-market focused GP stakes players and LPs’ appetite for the strategy.
4 min read · 09 September 2019
GPs eyeing potential capital from the fund of firms market are building out legal requisites to ensure such transactions could happen without LP consent.
3 min read · 04 September 2019
The world’s 20 largest sovereign and public pension funds allocated 22% of their assets to alternatives and cash last year, according to Willis Towers Watson.
2 min read · 03 September 2019
Pooled net returns of European private equity and venture capital funds in US dollar terms dropped 76% in the first quarter of 2019 from a year ago, according to data from ILPA and Cambridge Associates.
2 min read · 29 August 2019
UK growth companies want to make the most of the US economy’s strong performance, according to ECI Partners’ Growth Index 2019.
3 min read · 28 August 2019
Funding from non-European investors accounted for close to 40 percent of total commitments for the region in 2018, according to a report from Invest Europe.
3 min read · 22 August 2019
Carlyle Europe Partners V and KKR European Fund V are the biggest in market, seeking €5bn each.
2 min read · 21 August 2019
