Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) invested in 2007. Company Headquarters: Algeria Business focus: Insurance Revenue: EUR22 million Employees: 762 impact highlights In 2009, GAM sales grew twice as fast as the market with sales growth reaching 30%. Over the first half of 2010, GAM sales grew by more… Read More
Ethos invested ZAR 1.3 billion in 2007. Company headquarters: South Africa Business focus: Value added distributor of niche industrial and retail products Revenue: ZAR1.5 billion Employees: 971 impact highlights Ethos introduced Brandcorp to a number of highly valuable contacts, from investors to business partners Brandcorp now has a… Read More
Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management invested US$13.4 million in 2004. Company Headquarters: Botswana Business focus: Consumer loans On loan: US$192.4 million Employees: 389 impact highlights Letshego is among the top three most profitable domestic companies on the Botswana Stock Exchange 37% of Letshego’s top line growth now comes… Read More
Aureos acquired a 49.4 percent stake in 2010. Company headquarters: South Africa Business focus: Contracting services, ship building/repairs, manufacture of oil and gas tanks and refrigeration rooms/cabinets Growth: 20 percent per annum since 2000 IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS With support from Aureos, Southey undertook a strategic review of the… Read More
The Dodd-Frank act is the most sweeping regulatory reform of U.S. financial services since 1933. This note explores the profound effects of the Act on financial institutions and cross-border transactions that go beyond adviser registration rules. Read More
EMPEA’s Research Team sat down with several key members of the IFC Asset Management Company (IFC AMC) to discuss the genesis of this new group and how it fits within IFC's larger mission and agenda. Present were Gavin Wilson (Chief Executive Officer), Ruth Horowitz (Chief Administrative Officer), Marcos Brujis… Read More
Chris Freund, Founder and Managing Partner of Mekong Capital, shares Mekong Capital’s experience, having made 27 investments in Vietnamese companies since Mekong Capital’s establishment in 2001. Mekong Capital undertook a major transformation in its value-addition framework and corporate culture commencing in late 2007, which eventually resulted in major breakthroughs… Read More
Traditionally, international private equity houses making growth capital investments in Chinese businesses have invested via an offshore holding company. Together these holding companies are referred to as a “quasi red chip” corporate structure. In recent months, investors attracted by the substantially higher P/E ratios offered by the A-share market… Read More
Boasting one of the most dynamic private equity industries among the emerging markets, India draws an ever-growing number of investors willing to brave the country’s regulatory and infrastructure hurdles in order to gain exposure to some of the most favorable economic growth and demographic trends to be found anywhere… Read More
O'Melveny & Myers attorneys provide detailed coverage of the new SEC rule targeting pay-to-play activity in the investment advisory industry. The new rule includes a two-year ban on compensation for advisory services, prohibitions on “conduiting,” political fundraising and the use of unregistered third-party solicitors, and recordkeeping requirements for political… Read More
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