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.
Clients need to have options and managers need to provide them with more opportunities for deployment, Thomas de Villeneuve, CEO of Seven2 – formerly Apax France – tells PEI.
The UK pension scheme has an initial 5% target allocation to private markets, which it expects to reach by the end of 2026, investment director Martyn James tells PEI.
The London-headquartered firm held the final close on its sixth flagship fund on €4.5bn last year and has already deployed capital across four deals, partner Rebecca Gibson tells PEI.
Amethis, an Africa-focused impact firm which Edmond de Rothschild co-founded in 2012, closed its third flagship fund last week.
Public pension funds were the most active in reducing their exposure, with almost a third scaling back their allocations, according to PEI's full-year 2025 Investor Report.
The private markets arm of Crédit Agricole Group's Indosuez Wealth Management expects capital raising via evergreen funds to account for up to half of its AUM in three to four years, says global head of private markets IR Olivier Dauman.
Some 2,288 funds gathered $735bn between them in 2025, marking the second consecutive yearly slump in capital raising for the asset class.
Institutional investors share their insights on private equity trends for the year ahead with PEI.
Access to private markets has hugely evolved in 2025 thanks to the proliferation of innovative fund structures, including semi-liquid funds.
The Gulf’s biggest private equity firm has been actively using continuation vehicles across its Europe tech strategy this year, says Daniel Lopez-Cruz.