Lebanon-based insurance technology company BSynchro has raised USD1 million from Lebanon-focused venture capital firms Berytech Fund and Phoenician Funds. Founded in 2005, the company provides software development and consulting services to insurance companies in 25 countries across the Middle East and Africa. BSynchro plans to utilize this investment to further… 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
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
Middle East- and Africa-focused alternative investment firm Gulf Capital has acquired a 70 percent stake in Medica Holding, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of aesthetic, cosmetic, and dermatological equipment and products. The company’s services include consulting, education, logistics, and marketing across four verticals: equipment, medical injectables, cosmeceuticals, and para-pharmaceuticals. Medica… 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
The latest edition of EMPEA’s Legal and Regulatory Bulletin explores a range of issues impacting private investment across the world (particularly, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, China, the EU, and the US) and the implications of those issues for practitioners. Bulletin contributions: Contributors take a deep-dive into new data… Read More
Historically, local banks have provided the vast majority of financings to borrowers in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) and Saudi Arabia across all asset classes. However, the banking the landscape has dramatically changed over the past decade or so — where the level of bank debt which is actually… Read More
Introduction By necessity, this document provides a high-level overview of the key ingredients of good governance. It does not go into great detail on the individual components; rather, it is meant to be a resource to assist practitioners in thinking through this vital topic. As appendices, we have included a… Read More
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