De-Risking Emerging Market PE Investments: A Checklist for Investors
21 November 2011In addition to ordinary commercial risks, emerging market private equity (EMPE) investments are subject to those risks that arise across virtually all emerging markets: unenforceability of contracts, expropriation, discrimination against… Read More
EMPEA Comments on Draft SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations 2011
30 August 2011EMPEA, on behalf of its 290 member firms, submitted comments on the draft SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations 2011 issued on August 1, 2011. Read More
Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 3, Summer 2011
15 August 2011in this issue SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Adviser Registration Rules: Guidance for Non-U.S. Advisers Solomon Wifa, O’Melveny & Myers; and Kem Ihenacho, Clifford Chance The European AIFMD: What are the… Read More
Structuring Considerations for Emerging Market Funds
14 August 2011This note weighs the merits of the limited partnership and limited company structures, with particular attention to the impact of recent EU and U.S. regulatory developments on fund structuring decisions… Read More
SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Adviser Registration Rules: Guidance for Non-U.S. Advisers
14 August 2011This note details the final rules on exempted advisers, including foreign private advisers, and explains the reporting requirements for non-U.S. advisers that do not qualify for the full exemption. Read More
The Impact of the UK Bribery Act 2010 on Private Equity
14 August 2011This article draws comparisons with the U.S. FCPA provisions and details what additional measures will be required under the recently passed UK Bribery Act, particularly with regard to exposure via… Read More
The European AIFMD: What are the Main Issues for EMPEA Members?
14 August 2011This briefing on the implications for EM PE fund managers includes a timeline for the implementation of marketing provisions across the multiple permutations of manager and fund geographies. Read More
Contribution regarding “A New European Regime for Venture Capital”
9 August 2011EMPEA, on behalf of its members submitted comments on the consultation paper entitled “A New European Regime for Venture Capital” issued by the Internal Market and Services Section of the… Read More
Executive Regulations of Law No. 7 of 2010 Concerning Establishment of a Capital Markets Authority and Organization of Security Authority
1 August 2011EMPEA, on behalf of its 288 members, submitted comments on the Executive Regulations of Law No. 7 of 2010 Concerning Establishment of a Capital Markets Authority and Organization of Security… Read More
EM PE Quarterly Review – Volume VII, Issue 2
31 July 2011In this issue Articles EMPEA: The Early Days to Today – A Profile of Roger S. Leeds Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Macquarie’s Robert Thorpe Viewpoint from EMPEA president and ceo… Read More
Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Macquarie’s Robert Thorpe
15 July 2011Robert Thorpe, Managing Director of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (“MIRA”), discusses the opportunities and challenges of being a global infrastructure investor across both developed and emerging markets. Robert is… Read More
EMPEA: The Early Days to Today – A Profile of Roger S. Leeds
15 July 2011Roger S. Leeds, one of EMPEA's key founders and outgoing Chairman of the Board, is well positioned to provide a unique perspective on how EMPEA has flourished in parallel with… Read More
Unlocking Africa Pension Capital for Private Equity
15 July 2011EMPEA recently participated in the West Africa Private Equity Roundtable, an event that brought together representatives from pension funds, insurance companies and regulatory bodies in Ghana and Nigeria with the… Read More
The New Investment Climate in Emerging Markets
15 July 2011Highlights from the 13th Annual Global Private Equity Conference Investor interest in emerging markets private equity continues to surge, as evidenced by the enthusiastic crowd of over 750 leading industry… Read More
EMPEA Insight: Local Pension Capital in Latin America (July 2011)
1 July 2011Across the emerging markets, regulatory changes are gradually enabling domestic institutional investors—particularly pension funds—to commit capital to private equity. Through market profiles of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Chile, this… Read More