Read the full article at PEI here. (login required) By Carmela Mendoza | 15 November 2017 China fundraising figures from EMPEA show more capital has been raised in renminbi in the first three quarters of 2017, compared with the same period for the previous five years. A total of… Read More
Read the full article at Bloomberg here. By Michelle Jamrisko | 1 November 2017 Southeast Asia is on track to receive less than half the private capital it lured from fund managers in 2016. Investment across the region’s economies slowed to just $896 million in the first half of… Read More
By Claire Milhench | 6 October 2017 Imagine contact lenses that monitor glucose levels for diabetics, tiny implants to tackle chronic diseases, or algorithms that crunch data to predict illness rates. Rather than science fiction, these are examples of cutting-edge research being pioneered by biotech firms seeking to revolutionize healthcare… Read More
Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal here. By Emily Nonko | 3 October 2017 Last year Actis, a London-based investor with a focus on emerging markets, closed its Africa Real Estate Fund with more than $500 million, surpassing its $400 million target. But then the real… Read More
Read the full article at Global Finance here. By Jonathan Gregson | 28 September 2017 Emerging markets have returned to favor with investors, with a pickup in spending by private equity-style funds during the first half of 2017. According to new figures from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association,… Read More
By Andrew Pitts | 25 September 2017 Follow the money: it’s a phrase that applies not only to investigative pursuits but also to investing. So is the ‘smart money’ suggesting that private investors should be tilting their portfolios towards emerging markets? Last month I suggested that on relative valuation grounds,… Read More
Read the article on AVCJ here. (log in required) By Steve Johnson | 22 September 2017 Steven Okun, until recently KKR’s director of public affairs for Asia Pacific, has been appointed ASEAN representative for EMPEA, a global industry association for private capital in emerging markets. Okun will be responsible… Read More
By Steve Johnson | 31 August 2017 Read the full article at FT here. Private equity-style funds poured more money into emerging markets in the first half of 2017 than during any other six-month period since comparable records began in 2008. A total of $22bn was invested by private… Read More
By Isobel Markham | 24 August 2017 The acquisition of Polish online marketplace Allegro in a club deal between European giants Cinven and Permira and CEE specialist Mid Europa Partners boosted CEE and CIS investment to its highest first half since 2008. The firms invested just over $2 billion in… Read More
By Graeme Kerr | 22 August 2017 1. UNCERTAINTY IS TAKING ITS TOLLThe “Africa Rising” narrative appears to have paused for breath as macro shocks and political uncertainty in the continent’s major economies take their toll. Fundraising fell to $1.95 billion in 2016, down sharply from the $4.26 billion… Read More
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