Over US$432 Billion Raised for Private Investment in Developing Economies from 2006 to Q3 2015,According to EMPEA, the Global Industry Association for Private Capital in Emerging Markets EMPEA reported today that fund managers have raised over US$432 billion via long-term, private direct investment funds, backed by institutional investors, across three… Read More
Jamil Kassum has over 40 years of experience as an emerging markets strategic and financial advisor. He serves as Non-Executive Board Director, Chairman of Audit Committee and member of Governance and Nomination Committee for Randgold Resources Limited, a listed gold mining company with operations in Africa, including Mali, Congo (DRC)… Read More
EMPEA is delighted to announce that it has appointed Kelly Williams and Sanjiv Kapur to serve as Senior Advisors to the organization. Kelly Williams is a Senior Advisor to GCM Grosvenor with a focus on diversity and corporate social responsibility. She joined GCM Grosvenor in 2014 and served as President… Read More
A new report, released today at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Global Private Equity Conference in association with EMPEA, delivers market insights and sustainability guidance to private equity investors seeking opportunities in emerging markets agribusiness. The report Private Equity and Emerging Markets Agribusiness: Building Value Through Sustainability is a collaboration… Read More
EMPEA today announces the release of a new Special Report: Private Equity in the Middle East and North Africa, EMPEA’s first in-depth, comprehensive look at the asset class in a richly diverse region that has historically been viewed more as a source of capital than as a destination for funds. 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
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