EMPEA Insight: Mexico (Feb. 2012)

Mexico’s private equity fund managers are in high spirits. Although the industry is small and relatively nascent, local GPs contend that Mexico holds strong prospects for high returns—pointing to a robust pipeline of proprietary deals and low valuations compared to the significantly more competitive Brazilian market. Perhaps most importantly,… Read More

Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 5, Winter 2012

We are pleased to present the fifth issue of the Bulletin, marking a milestone for both this publication and the EMPEA Legal and Regulatory Council as we enter our second year. As investors and regulators grapple with how to balance a new appreciation for risk with the requirement to… Read More

Regulation of Private Equity in West Africa – Emerging Trends

In contrast to India and Mexico, where there have been serious efforts to introduce regulations specific to private equity, in the Western African jurisdictions surveyed here by Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie and Norton Rose Africa Legal, with the possible exception of Nigeria, the adequacy of existing frameworks varies widely… Read More

EM PE Review – Volume VII, Issue 3

In this issue Articles Value Creation by Venture Capital Investors: The Experience of IDG Ventures India Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Cartica Capital’s Teresa Barger Viewpoint from EMPEA president and Ceo sarah alexander Amidst a background of growing macroeconomic and policy uncertainty in developed markets, investors are paying greater… Read More

2011 Private Equity in Africa Leadership Summit-London

More than 300 delegates came together for the 2011 Private Equity in Africa Leadership Summit to discuss the investment thesis for Africa. With a theme of the time is now for PE investment in Africa, discussions focused on operational challenges, performance and the diversification of the LP base. Read More

Rejecting the Tradeoff Between Performance and Impact

EMPEA has embarked upon a series of initiatives focused on rejecting the premise that there is a tradeoff between financial performance and impact as broadly defined. These initiatives include conferences, such as our inaugural Capital Impact 2011, a series of Impact Case Studies and forthcoming research examining the best… Read More

Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 4, Autumn 2011

In this issue Chinese Government Urged to Regulate Popular Foreign Investment Structure Steve Xiang, Antony Wang and Wenfeng Li, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP EMPEA Submission to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Regarding Proposed AIF Regulations Mara Topping, White & Case LLP The… Read More

Solvency II and Private Equity

Solvency II is a European regulatory framework directive currently scheduled to come into effect across the European Union on 1 January 2013. The framework regulates the solvency of reinsurers and insurers which operate in the European Economic Area (EEA), constituted of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Read More



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