Mid-Year 2019 Industry Statistics

EMPEA Members log in to receive exclusive access to the detailed report (PDF) and underlying data (Excel). Subdued investment in Asia’s largest market, as well as fewer large-cap pan-Asia funds raising capital, rein in total EM activity levels despite bright spots in other regions, including Africa, other countries,… Read More

Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 17, Spring 2016

In this Bulletin we address a number of commercial, governance, legal and regulatory issues, which we believe are both timely and of broad interest to the emerging market private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investment community. We are certain that some of the topics covered will be discussed—vociferously perhaps—at… Read More

EMPEA Releases 2019 Global Limited Partners Survey

More than half of surveyed limited partners (LPs) plan to commit more capital to emerging market private equity (EM PE) in the next two years, the first time the rate has surpassed 50% since 2014. This note of optimism highlights EMPEA’s new Global Limited Partners Survey, which… Read More

EMPEA Data Portal

The EMPEA Data Portal is an exclusive interactive data platform where members can access, analyze and download EMPEA’s data on fundraising, investment and exits in Emerging Markets. EMPEA members can filter and search through fund- and deal-level data, as well as regional, asset class and strategy aggregate data, generating custom… Read More

2019 Global Limited Partners Survey

The 15th annual edition of EMPEA’s Global Limited Partners Survey features the views of 104 limited partners (LPs) on the current conditions and outlook for emerging market private equity (EM PE). This study aims to shed light on how LPs’ plans for investing are evolving, what factors are affecting their… Read More

Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 27, Spring 2019

The latest edition of EMPEA’s Legal and Regulatory Bulletin explores a range of issues impacting private investment across the world (particularly, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, China, the EU, and the US) and the implications of those issues for practitioners. Bulletin contributions: Contributors take a deep-dive into new data… Read More

Political Intervention in M&A: Overview and Implications for Private Equity

Although political interventions have traditionally tended to focus on national security, defense, critical infrastructure, access to sensitive information, and employment, the scope of many FDI regimes is being extended to cover high tech industries and critical technologies. For example, France has recently broadened the sectors covered by its regime (effective… Read More

Personal Data Flows from the European Union

Cross-border information flows in a globally connected world are essential to conducting international business. Personal information is in the European Union protected by a fundamental right to data protection under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and supplementing EU Member State laws. This article explains the legal framework for personal… Read More



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