Global asset manager Schroders has agreed to acquire a majority stake in global impact investment fund manager BlueOrchard Finance. After the completion of the acquisition, BlueOrchard, which manages assets worth approximately USD3.5 billion, will maintain its current management team, processes, and strategies. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Global growth markets investor Actis has acquired the management rights to two funds formerly managed by emerging markets-focused private equity fund manager The Abraaj Group. Actis will take over management of Abraaj Private Equity Fund IV, a global buyout fund, and Abraaj Africa Fund III, a fund focused on sub-Saharan… Read More
The possible extension of the AIFMD marketing passport to fund managers based outside the EU has been monitored with considerable interest by market participants over the last year. Currently, the AIFMD marketing passport— which allows a manager to market funds to professional investors freely across the EU, without the… Read More
Investors in private equity funds customarily engage in multiple investment activities and anyone private equity fund investment often represents only a very small slice of an investor’s portfolio. Investors are increasingly utilizing their private equity fund investments as a window into specific markets or sectors and a source of deal… Read More
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
Global private equity fund manager Advent International has reached a final close for GPE IX with USD17.5 billion in capital commitments. GPE IX reportedly surpassed its initial target of USD16 billion. The fund will invest primarily in Europe and North America, as well as selectively in Asia and Latin America. Read More
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 is pleased to share with you Private Credit Solutions: A Closer Look at the Opportunity in Emerging Markets, an in-depth study of the private credit investment landscape across emerging and frontier economies. The report gathers the latest EMPEA data on overall industry activity while delving deeper into the details… Read More
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
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, today announced that Vinay Mendiratta has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Mr. Mendiratta will focus on business development with distribution partners in the US to help private clients achieve their private markets objectives. “Over the past decade,… Read More
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