Bridge International Academies, backed by investors including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, has opened more than 400 schools in Kenya in a bid to bring inexpensive, private education to some of the world’s poorest children. In rural Kenya, 6-year-old Sharon Ndunge, sitting in a rough-built classroom with chicken-coop wire for windows,… Read More
EMPEA today announced private equity and venture capital fundraising in 2014 increased year-over-year across all five major emerging market regions – Emerging Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Fund managers raised US$45 billion for… Read More
Washington, D.C., 28 January 2015 – EMPEA announced today the election of Robert Petty, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Clearwater Capital Partners, as the next Chairman of the association. Mr. Petty was unanimously elected by the EMPEA Board to a two-year term commencing in January 2015. Joining the Board of Directors… Read More
EMPEA and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative (WSII) announced a partnership to greatly expand Wharton’s impact investing performance database. The new partnership will accelerate the field by providing quantitative evidence necessary for the continued expansion and development of impact investment. The joint venture will provide comprehensive metrics for institutional investors,… Read More
3 December 2014, Washington, D.C. – EMPEA announces the launch of its newly formed Frontier Markets Council, an advisory body comprised of and dedicated to fund managers, institutional investors and industry advisers active in the frontier markets. Peter Tropper, Senior Advisor at EMPEA, will chair the group. The Council will… Read More
26 November 2014, Washington, DC — EMPEA, the global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, announces today that it has appointed David Creighton to serve as a Senior Advisor to the organization. David also currently serves as Chair of EMPEA’s newly created Private Credit Council. David has accumulated over 30… Read More
19 November 2014, Washington, DC – EMPEA, the global association for private capital in emerging markets, today releases its Q3 2014 Industry Statistics and announces the adoption of the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) created by FTSE Group (“FTSE”), a leading global index provider. According to EMPEA, private equity and venture capital… Read More
19 November 2014, Washington, D.C. – EMPEA announces the launch of its DFI Council, an advisory body comprised of and dedicated to development finance institutions (DFIs) whose institutional mandates support financial sector development and investment in emerging markets. Michael Barth, Senior Advisor at EMPEA, chairs the group. The Council provides… Read More
3 September 2014, Washington, DC – EMPEA announces today the appointments of Randy Mitchell as Vice President, Strategic Engagement and Ann Marie Plubell as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs. Mitchell and Plubell join the EMPEA team in senior roles to oversee the planning, development and implementation of two major components of… Read More
PE Fundraising and Investment Activity Experiences Upturn in Emerging Markets as Investors Access Opportunities through Multiple Strategies Fund managers raised US$20 billion for emerging markets private equity through the first six months of 2014, a 48% year-on-year increase and on pace to surpass last year’s total. US$14 billion was invested… Read More
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