EMPEA Global Limited Partners Survey finds 67% of institutional investors view the risk profile of private equity in emerging markets as unchanged 30 April 2014, Washington, D.C. – Two-thirds of limited partners (“LPs”) investing in emerging markets private equity view the risk profile of emerging markets private equity (“EM PE”)… Read More
26 March 2014, Washington, DC – The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) announces today that it has appointed Michael Barth to serve as a Senior Advisor to the organization. Michael has had a long and distinguished career in global emerging markets investing. He is currently Managing Partner of Washington based Barth… Read More
The World Bank and IFC, in partnership with the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), have launched a Community of Practice to share knowledge and collaborate on issues around private equity and venture capital development. Collaborating on this agenda, from the World Bank Group, are FPD’s Capital Markets and ITE… Read More
5 March 2014, Washington, DC – The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) announces today that it has appointed Dr. Patricia Dinneen to serve as a Senior Advisor to the organization. Pat also currently serves as Chair of EMPEA’s newly created Impact Investing Council. Pat has focused on emerging markets for… Read More
Private equity investors’ response to whipsawing global public markets is more often than not “keep calm and carry on.” That seems to be the case in emerging markets, according to the latest annual data published by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association. Although it may be somewhat immune from… Read More
5 February 2014, Washington, DC – Private equity investment activity held steady for emerging markets in 2013, and despite a sluggish start to the year, deal volume gained momentum in the last six months, according to the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). This investment activity led to an overall… Read More
18 December 2013, Washington, DC: The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) announced today that it has welcomed five new members to its Africa Council, an advisory group comprised of senior representatives from among its leading members in the African private equity community. Representing a diverse range of African private… Read More
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has published the results of its Private Equity Talent Management in Emerging Markets Survey. The report provides an overview of the current recruitment dynamics within private equity firms across different emerging markets, the challenges that general partners (GPs) face in staffing… Read More
13 November 2013, Washington, DC: The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (“EMPEA”) announces that Ziad Oueslati, Founding Partner of AfricInvest Group, and Maninder Saluja, Partner and Co-Head of Emerging Markets at Quilvest, have been elected to the organization’s governing body, the Board of Directors. Ziad Oueslati co-founded AfricInvest Group in… Read More
Singapore-based private equity real estate investment firm SC Capital Partners has committed approximately US$25 million to a real estate project in Myanmar. Structured through Real Estate Capital Asia Partners III, SC Capital Partners has signed a 50-year lease on a parcel of land in Yangon to develop a three… Read More
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