David Ashiagbor [pictured], economic adviser in the Economic Affairs division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, and Tshepidi Moremong, co-chair of the board of directors at the Africa Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and principal at 8 Miles, discuss regulatory changes supporting the increase of local institutional investor capital flows to private equity. more
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Research: Impact-based incentive structures
The Global Impact Investing Network explores aligning fund manager compensation with social and environmental performance, an emerging topic in the impact investing industry. more
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Research: Private Equity in the Shadow of Giants
Business Monitor International discusses its research on innovative approaches along the investment value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa. more
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GP View: Healthcare returns 5.8x to investors
Old Mutual Private Equity Fund 1 and Fund 2 recently sold the last of their shares in Life Healthcare — an investment that has recorded an internal rate of return (IRR) in Fund 1 of 62% since March 2005 and of 42% in Fund 2 since the follow-on investment in September 2006. Over the duration of the investment it delivered R3.1 billion back to investors, reflecting a multiple of total invested capital of 5.8 times. more
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Africa’s hopeful economies
The continent’s impressive growth looks likely to continue more
