The IFC is considering coordinating $150m in senior debt for the $600m Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, which is managed by a division of Standard Bank. The fund supplies long-term debt to finance private infrastructure projects across Africa.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Aktis Capital is on the cusp of closing its maiden fund on $100m. The fund will focus on opportunities in Western China across multiple sectors.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Aktis Capital is on the cusp of closing its maiden fund on $100m. The fund will focus on opportunities in Western China across multiple sectors.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The UK private equity real estate market is treading water amid a torrent of regulation capable of ‘destroying the industry’. Apart from that, opportunistic real estate investment in England is showing increasing signs of life. PERE Magazine June 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Alexia Wai-Chun Tye of AddVenture Advisers discusses the governance turnaround of a Chinese portfolio company. This is an excerpt from PEI’s recently released book, The Guide to Responsible Investment
9 min read · 15 January 2013
Japan-focused private equity firms expect plenty of opportunities for investment – but attracting foreign and domestic limited partners remains a challenge.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
With Asia’s economies still booming, restructuring opportunities are thin on the ground. That’s just how some distressed specialists like it, writes Brett Cole
6 min read · 15 January 2013
On a recent trip to Washington DC, Graham Winfrey found GPs and LPs hungry to cash in on the rapid growth in emerging economies, but flagged various challenges.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Peruvian firm Nexus Group has beat its target for its first international institutional fund, showing LP appetite for the region can overcome scepticism of new managers.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Australian state originally planned to lease Queensland Motorways to the private sector, but the government has instead transferred the 40-year concession to the state’s superannuation fund in exchange for A$3.1bn.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
