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: When Does a Private Fund Manager’s “Fiduciary… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. Responding to expected increases in demand for health care services as income levels rise, emerging market (EM)-focused private capital fund managers deployed USD3.9 billion in the sector during 1H 2019. Following 2018’s record… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. Private capital fund managers are increasingly drawn to fintech opportunities in emerging markets, committing USD1.5 billion in disclosed investment in 1H 2019, or nearly half of the USD3.4 billion in broader financial sector… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. Private capital activity in the energy and power sectors across emerging markets has shifted significantly over the last decade. Between 2012 and 2016, 54% of capital invested in these sectors went to traditional… Read More
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
The record level of private capital fundraising and investment in emerging markets in 2018 is so far not repeating itself in 2019, according to EMPEA’s midyear industry statistics report released Tuesday. That was partly to be expected after 2018, EMPEA officials noted, but also due to investment slowdown in China… Read More
Robust deal making in Brazil provided a bright spot amid a global slowdown in emerging-market private-equity activity during the first half of 2019, new industry data show. Private-capital firms invested a total of $3.11 billion across 65 transactions in Brazil this year through June, more than doubling the amount invested… Read More
Download press release CHINA DECELERATION LEADS TO OVERALL SLOWDOWN IN EMERGING MARKET PRIVATE CAPITAL ACTIVITY 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,… Read More
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
Global growth markets investor Actis has reached a final close for Actis Long Life Infrastructure Fund with USD1.2 billion in commitments. Investors in the fund include institutional investors from North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. The fund, which will mobilize up to USD2 billion considering co-investment… Read More
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