Risk Mitigation in Fund Documents: A Guide for New Investors in Emerging Markets
April 14, 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
April 14, 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
April 14, 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
April 14, 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
April 14, 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
April 14, 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
March 27, 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
January 29, 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
December 20, 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
EM PE Review – Volume VIII, Issue 4
December 19, 2012Viewpoint from EMPEA President and CEO SARAH ALEXANDER Raising funds, particularly for mid-sized private equity funds, is more difficult than it has been in years. EMPEA’s Q3 statistics show a… Read More
Emerging Middle Markets: Closing the Gap Between LP Ticket Sizes and Mid- Market GPs
December 19, 2012Download the full article here. Over the last few years, we have seen a significant drop in private equity capital flowing into emerging markets, with a greater percentage of this… Read More
Guest Commentary: Implications for Job Creation and Achieving Good Financial Returns in Emerging Markets: An Analysis of Private Equity Funds Backed by IFC
December 19, 2012David Wilton, Chief Investment Officer for IFC’s Private Equity and Investment Funds Department, and Wilmot Allen, Investment Consultant in IFC’s Global Private Equity Funds Department, share findings from IFC’s recent… Read More
Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Rebecca Xu of Asia Alternatives
December 19, 2012Rebecca Xu, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Asia Alternatives Management, shares her views on the changing private equity landscape in Asia following the global financial crisis and discusses key trends… Read More
Legal & Regulatory Bulletin – Issue No. 7, Autumn 2012
November 21, 2012letter from the chairman This issue of the Legal and Regulatory Bulletin follows on a full week of very well attended and highly engaging EMPEA summits in London in late… Read More
Marketing Private Funds in the Middle East
November 20, 2012In the past, managers promoting private funds in most countries in the Middle East—with the notable exception of Saudi Arabia—have not found much difficulty navigating local rules. Foreign fund managers… Read More