Carmela Mendoza
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.
Taipei-headquartered AB Value Capital Partners has also hired the former head of secondaries at Japanese advisory firm Ark Totan.
The US corporate pension plans to increase its overall exposure to private equity while reducing its 80 GPs over time.
The fund of funds manager will increase the vehicle's secondaries and co-investment allocation to more than 20%.
Jo Taylor has been appointed as the senior managing director, international, for the $129bn Canadian pension fund, in what is a newly created leadership role.
The global alternative asset manager plans to grow its base of Asian LPs starting with Chinese insurance companies, says Asia MD Mingchen Xia.
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund has reshuffled its leadership team yet again, months after creating new senior investment positions in April.
The world's largest pension plan has issued an RFP for investment consultants to advise on its underweight alternatives portfolio.
The direct secondaries firm, which is planning to open a Mumbai office, has made a $21m investment in construction and engineering companies in India.
Adding operational value can be an acrimonious process, as Hong Kong direct secondaries specialist NewQuest Capital Partners discovered.
The Japanese insurer’s decision to create an alternatives division follows sister company Japan Post Bank’s move in December to establish a private equity division.