On 29 March, EMPEA hosted a professional development webcast on Anti-Corruption Policies: What Every EM PE Practitioner Should Know, with perspectives from Sam Eastwood of Norton Rose, Laura Friedrich of Shearman & Sterling, Shaistah Akhtar of SJ Berwin and Bill Currier of White & Case. EMPEA Members can access a replay of… Read More
The notification of the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (“AIF Regulations”) on May 21, 2012, marked a watershed moment for the Indian private capital industry. A story that began in the mid 1980’s by Indian financial institutions like ICICI and IFCI has now culminated into a 200–300 fund-strong… Read More
On 29 March 2012, EMPEA hosted a professional development webcast on Anti-Corruption Policies: What Every EM PE Practitioner Should Know, featuring perspectives from Norton Rose, Shearman & Sterling, SJ Berwin and White & Case. In this article, Jen Choi, EMPEA’s VP of Industry and External Affairs, shares some of… Read More
In response to the growing bifurcation in the fundraising market between larger and smaller funds, EMPEA hosted its inaugural EM PE Fundraising Masterclass on 17 May, to provide GPs with tools and best practices for raising funds. Featuring expert faculty from MVision Private Equity Advisors and Debevoise & Plimpton… Read More
Okechukwu (“Okey”) Enelamah, a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of African Capital Alliance (ACA), spoke with Nadiya Satyamurthy of EMPEA’s Research Department during the 14th Annual Global Private Equity Conference in Washington, D.C. to share his insights on the opportunity set in Africa and offered his advice on how… Read More
PE buyers as partners: backed incumbent teams in 75% of deals; retained 60% of CEOs. 80% of returns in Latin American PE exits studied were driven by organic growth. Strength of networks critical: 65% of deals were proprietarily sourced. PE buyers exert influence through finance function and alignment with management:… Read More
Drawing on input collected from over 100 Asian private equity funds that were actively fundraising during 2011, the Asia Pacific Private Equity 2011 Fund Terms Survey, conducted by Squadron Capital in association with EMPEA, provides a snapshot of current industry practice around management fees, preferential terms, distribution waterfalls, no-fault… Read More
Private equity (PE) investors have come out of the recession with a renewed focus on organic revenue growth, applying a more entrepreneurial mindset to working with their portfolio companies. Spanning six years of analysis of companies exited in Europe and North America, Ernst & Young’s studies into how PE investors create value confirm this… Read More
Shanghai-based Tiantian Company, which operates the B2C e-commerce cake company Le Cake, has secured US$10 million in Series A financing from Chinese early-stage and venture capital investors GSR Ventures and HGI Capital. The proceeds will be used to build the company’s brand and optimize its website and hardware system. Read More
Indian venture capital funds IDG Ventures India and Accel Partners have invested US$5 million in Series A funding for local medical technology and solutions company Forus Health. The company plans to use the financing to drive manufacturing and sales of its flagship product 3nethra (a portable, low-cost, non-invasive pre-screening… Read More
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