The Legal Challenges of Private Equity Deal Making in Africa
22 August 2013Private equity is a longstanding component of Africa’s economic landscape. However, strong growth, an expanding middle class, and a global trend that is seeing more investors seeking growth from a… Read More
An Interview with Khalid Quadir of Brummer & Partners
25 July 2013Khalid Quadir is Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of Brummer & Partners (Bangladesh), which manages the Bangladesh-focused Frontier Fund. Khalid makes the case for investing in Bangladesh via private… Read More
2013 Global Limited Partners Survey
29 May 2013The findings of this Survey are based on data collected from 112 LPs from over 30 countries. Representing public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, banks, asset… Read More
An Interview with Staffan Jåfs of eQ Private Equity
21 May 2013Staffan Jåfs, Head of Private Equity at eQ Asset Management, shares his thoughts on notable private equity trends developing across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Russia and the Commonwealth of… Read More
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