• FMO’s Klein departs after 10 years

    Nov 07, 2023
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    FMO s manager for private equity Alison Klein is leaving her role departing the investment firm after over years She has been focusing on private equity funds and co-investments across Africa and Latin America Her departure comes just after Yvonne Bakkum who was managing director on its FMO Investment Management s ...

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  • Helios targets $8bn with new funds

    Oct 27, 2023
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    Helios Fairfax Partners HFP is targeting to grow its fee earning committed capital to billion bolstered by new funds and strategies The investor had billion in fee-earning committed capital as of mid- which is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of to touch billion in the eight years ...

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  • BIO names new CEO

    Sep 08, 2023
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    Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries BIO has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of Joris Tott as its new chief executive officer CEO He takes over from Luuk Zonneveld who will be stepping down in after over eleven years in the role having been appointed CEO in Tott previously ...

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  • DFI records negative 3.8% returns

    Jul 19, 2023
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    A development finance institution DFI recorded - in portfolio dollar returns in impacted by global headwinds This follows almost a decade lacklustre returns on the back of a strategy decision to reduce fund investments increase direct investing narrow geographic focus and cap top executive pay - reducing this by almost of ...

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  • FMO’s Bakkum steps down

    Jun 30, 2023
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    FMO s subsidiary FMO Investment Management FMO IM has seen the departure of its managing director Yvonne Bakkum who has been with the investor for years Bakkum departs from the firm after years having joined in from ABN AMRO Bank a Netherlands-based financial services company She has been FMO IM s ...

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  • LP gets approval to back African funds

    May 26, 2023
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    A UK-based LP investor has expanded its strategy to Sub-Saharan Africa SSA which will see it inject capital into funds that target the region for the first time The clearance includes direct deal investments The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD has made the move following the sign-off of its ...

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  • Top 30 Funds to Watch in 2023 (Free Content)

    May 25, 2023
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    em LPs looking at Africa are being presented with an interesting bouquet of funds in many of which are selling mid-cap generalist strategies Private Equity Africa looks at the first of a a href https peafricanews com full-list-of- -funds-to-watch full list of a key vehicles to look out for in The ...

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  • Which LPs are now backing Africa? (Free Content)

    May 10, 2023
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    Africa s private equity fundraising plummeted a href https peafricanews com africa-fundraising-sinks-to- -year-low year-on-year a sliding to its lowest level in eight years as global LPs shy away from the continent This has been exacerbated by development finance institutions DFIs cutting their fund commitments in favor of direct and debt deals ...

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  • African VC deals drop off

    Apr 06, 2023
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    Venture capital deal making in Africa dropped off in shedding almost million in aggregate deal values year-on-year weighed down by a slump in late-stage deals The asset class also saw seed stage deals get pricy venture debt spike while Chinese investors sealed large-caps in the early-stage space Deal makers closed just ...

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  • African PE dry power sheds $300m

    Mar 30, 2023
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    Africa s private equity dry power stayed largely on par in shedding only about million year-on year even with deal making spiking and fundraising sliding to record lows Dry powders levels in contracted to billion losing million in the year This is a meagre contraction from the billion recorded in according ...

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