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 asset manager is targeting up to $9bn for its fifth flagship private equity vehicle.
2 min read · 19 February 2019
The recent dip in public-market tech companies is likely to affect future valuations, according to Cambridge Associates.
2 min read · 18 February 2019
LGPS Central, which manages assets of nine UK pensions, joins Northern Pool and Local Pensions Partnership in setting up a dedicated private equity fund.
3 min read · 14 February 2019
A paper estimates US private equity will return less than 100bps more than US stock market returns for the next five to 10 years.
2 min read · 14 February 2019
A roughly $1bn secondaries deal with Lexington Partners has helped the firm secure a final close above its target.
3 min read · 12 February 2019
The firm is among a crop of managers that has about $77bn to put to work in the consumer-related sector.
2 min read · 11 February 2019
German-speaking Europe has become part of the firm's core investment focus with the 'one-and-done' close on Altor Fund V.
2 min read · 11 February 2019
Fifteen months after launching the $100bn tech fund, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son stance on raising successor funds every two years may be softening.
3 min read · 07 February 2019
The Danish SDG Investment Fund will invest in companies focused on renewables, water, financial services and agribusiness.
2 min read · 06 February 2019
The investment manager made its first acquisitions in Asia’s two largest markets and struck two secondaries deals in a bid to diversify and expand its holdings.
2 min read · 05 February 2019