Malta. Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, announces that its portfolio companies managed by MC II and MC III funds achieved 25% EBITDA year-on-year growth up to the end of 2019, reaching over €1 billion… Read More
MALTA. Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, announces that it has been granted an AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Manager) Licence under the Directive 2011/61/EU by the MFSA (Malta Financial Services Authority). Read More
Nubank, a Brazil-based mobile credit card company, has raised US$30 million in a Series B round of funding led by global investment firm Tiger Global Management. Existing investors in the company—venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors—also participated in the round. Nubank will use the investment to… Read More
GTIS Partners, a real estate private equity firm, and GP Investments, an alternative investments firm in Latin America, have concluded a US$400 million take-private of Brazil-listed hotel operator Brazil Hospitality Group (BHG). The deal gave GTIS Partners an approximately 70 percent stake in the newly-private company, with the remainder of… Read More
11 June 2014, Washington, D.C. – EMPEA today announces the launch of its newly formed Energy Council, an advisory body comprised of and dedicated to fund managers, institutional investors and service providers active in energy-related private equity investments in emerging markets. Scott Mackin, Managing Partner and Co-President of Denham Capital,… Read More
EMPEA’s Private Equity Talent Management in Emerging Markets Survey aims to provide our members and the broader industry with a greater understanding of the current state of hiring for employment at private equity firms; the challenges that GPs face in staffing their emerging market teams; and, how practitioners anticipate… Read More
At its May meeting in Washington, EMPEA’s Legal and Regulatory Council discussed the regulatory changes facing the private equity industry and the likely impact of those changes on the membership of EMPEA. The Council concluded that some of the changes, such as the European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD),… Read More
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) announced on 18 July 2013 that it has approved global supervisory cooperation arrangements between the securities regulators of the European Union and their third country counterparts. The arrangements were negotiated by ESMA on behalf on the EU Member States, the additional three countries… Read More
The pillars of the conventional fund model in emerging markets remain largely unchanged, however the wave of regulation globally and continuing evolution in LP-GP dynamics are yielding some important shifts in fund terms and structures with implications for governance and operations at the fund level. On 25 June 2013, EMPEA… Read More
Private equity is a longstanding component of Africa’s economic landscape. However, strong growth, an expanding middle class, and a global trend that is seeing more investors seeking growth from a broader and more varied range of markets is driving an increased interest in the region. In 2007, Sub-Saharan Africa… Read More
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