Building Vital Partnerships: How do private equity investors create value?
17 May 2013Download the full study here. A joint study of private equity exits in Latin America by EMPEA and Ernst & Young Our second annual study, looking at how PE investors… Read More
Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 8, Spring 2013
15 April 2013The geographical breadth of coverage in this latest issue of the Legal and Regulatory Bulletin illustrates the ripple effects – sometimes substantial – which regulation can have on our asset… Read More
Risk Mitigation in Fund Documents: A Guide for New Investors in Emerging Markets
14 April 2013There is no fundamental legal distinction between a private equity fund established to invest into emerging as opposed to developed markets. However, in practice, the legal terms customarily incorporated into… Read More
Accessing Chinese Insurance Capital
14 April 2013Chinese institutional investors have been playing an increasingly important role in the global investment management industry. However, to date, only a handful of Chinese institutions are able to make allocations… Read More
Investment Adviser Regulations: A New Regime in India
14 April 2013On the 21 January 2013, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) released the final SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013 (“IA Regulations”). Investment advisers were previously unregulated in India.… Read More
FATCA Fun for Funds
14 April 2013Over recent years the US FATCA disclosure regime, designed to tackle tax avoidance by US taxpayers, has become all too familiar to financial institutions the world over. This article does… Read More
Alternative Investment Fund Managers – Luxembourg’s Attractive Features on Substance and Delegation
14 April 2013On 24 August 2012, Minister of Finance Luc Frieden filed with Parliament Government Bill N° 6471 (“Bill”) on Alternative Investment Fund Managers, transposing Directive 2011/61/EU (“AIFM Directive”), that was expected… Read More
EMPEA Guidelines Update
14 April 2013Already a part of private conversations with policymakers and regulators in Africa and Asia, the Guidelines recently served as a starting point for discussions led by the Moroccan private equity… Read More
Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Michael Calvey of Baring Vostok
27 March 2013Michael Calvey, Founder and Senior Partner of Baring Vostok, shares his perspectives on the private equity landscape in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and discusses some memorable… Read More
Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Archana Hingorani of IL&FS Investment Managers Limited
29 January 2013Archana Hingorani, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of IL&FS Investment Managers, shares her perspectives on the key challenges currently facing the private equity industry in India and offers guidance… Read More
Taking Stock of 2012 and the Prospects for EM PE in 2013
20 December 2012As 2012 came to a close, EMPEA reached out to a number of the industry’s leading practitioners to solicit their reflections on the year gone by, and to glean insights… Read More
EM PE Review – Volume VIII, Issue 4
19 December 2012Viewpoint from EMPEA President and CEO SARAH ALEXANDER Raising funds, particularly for mid-sized private equity funds, is more difficult than it has been in years. EMPEA’s Q3 statistics show a… Read More
Emerging Middle Markets: Closing the Gap Between LP Ticket Sizes and Mid- Market GPs
19 December 2012Download the full article here. Over the last few years, we have seen a significant drop in private equity capital flowing into emerging markets, with a greater percentage of this… Read More
Guest Commentary: Implications for Job Creation and Achieving Good Financial Returns in Emerging Markets: An Analysis of Private Equity Funds Backed by IFC
19 December 2012David Wilton, Chief Investment Officer for IFC’s Private Equity and Investment Funds Department, and Wilmot Allen, Investment Consultant in IFC’s Global Private Equity Funds Department, share findings from IFC’s recent… Read More
Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Rebecca Xu of Asia Alternatives
19 December 2012Rebecca Xu, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Asia Alternatives Management, shares her views on the changing private equity landscape in Asia following the global financial crisis and discusses key trends… Read More