GPCA at the Milken Institute 2021 Global Conference

Click to View Session Global Investors’ Views on China October 18 at 3:30 pm PDT / 6:30 pm EDT Despite lingering geopolitical tensions in the Asia Pacific region and ongoing structural transformations in China, global investors remain optimistic about the country’s investment opportunities. While the… Read More

GPCA at the 2021 Global PE Forum

GPCA partnered with the Beijing Private Equity Association to support the 2021 Global PE Forum (Beijing) on September 5, 2021. GPCA CEO Cate Ambrose delivered remarks on the Chinese PE/VC ecosystem from a global perspective, including preliminary findings from GPCA’s Mid-Year 2021 Global Private Capital Industry Data & Analysis. Read More

Technology Deals Shine Across Slower African Deal Landscape

Africa’s technology sector has remained a bright spot across the continent’s private-investment landscape even as the coronavirus pandemic dampened overall investment volume along with many of the region’s economies. “The bright spot of opportunity has been around e-commerce, fintech and related sectors,” said Cate Ambrose, a board member and chief… Read More

Insights into Brazil’s Silicon Valley

VC investment in Latin America has grown dramatically since 2017, with Brazil leading the way. Listen to a discussion with SoftBank, Valor Capital Group and Brazilian VC Canary, moderated by EMPEA’s Managing Director of VC Julie Ruvolo, on why it is a good time to invest in Brazilian tech. The… Read More

EMPEA Chief: Private Capital Doesn’t Stop

Private Equity International caught up Cate Ambrose, Chief Executive of EMPEA, discusses why the pandemic and increasing political isolationism underscores the need for more private capital in emerging markets, and to find out how she is positioning the association in a post-covid world. Read more  … Read More

Credit prepares to run with the sustainable investing baton

The ‘responsible’ movement has gained momentum in emerging markets, but credit may be on the verge of replacing equity as the main driver of change. In outlining a potted history, David Creighton of Convergence explains why The concept of sustainability is not new. Earlier forms of this movement emerged when… Read More

Axios: 1 big thing: The market just wants a China trade deal

Private capital investment in China slowed markedly in the first half of the year, data from the Emerging Market Private Equity Association released Tuesday showed. Capital invested in China’s private markets fell from $15.1 billion in the first half of 2018 to $9.8 billion through June 2019, with deal… Read More

WSJ: This Week on the Frontiers

By Dan Keeler | May 25 2018 Read the full post on The Wall Street Journal here. Liberia’s former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has urged companies active in Africa to take the lead in stamping out corruption on the continent. At the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association / IFC annual meeting in… Read More



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