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Tougher times for boutiquesThe fundraising environment is proving particularly tough for specialised funds of funds that offer access to specific strategies like emerging markets, says Nicholas Morriss.
- Centinela loses leader amid FoF shakeout
Cesar Baez, who launched Centinela in 2006, has left the firm. Baez once ran Hicks Muse Tate & Furst’s Latin America fund that had exposure to Argentina prior to the country’s default.
- EMAlternatives loses co-founders to Pomona
Ernest Lambers and John Stephens have left the emerging markets fund of funds to join the London and Hong Kong offices of secondaries-focused Pomona.
- Zero2IPO sets up RMB5bn FoF
The investment arm of Zero2IPO Group has launched a FoF targeting RMB5bn. A final close is expected in two years.
- China's growing PE industry
Judy Qing Ye, a Shanghai-based director of emerging markets-focused EM Alternatives, says the time is right for a domestic FoF industry in China.
- EMAlternatives launches RMB FoF
The emerging markets specialist has already received an RMB500m commitment from the Shanghai government.
- EMAlternatives opens in Shanghai
The emerging markets fund investment specialist has opened its first Asian office, headed by Judy Qing Ye, formerly a director of strategic investments at Hewlett-Packard in China.
- Emerging markets funds raised record $59bn last year
Commitments to emerging market vehicles increased by 78 percent in 2007, as the strategy becomes increasingly popular among institutional investors.
- CalPERS becomes first investor in EMAlternatives(3)
EMAlternatives has secured its first investment, with a $100 million commitment from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. The private equity fund investment specialist attempts to offer global investors exposure to markets they have not invested in before.
- CalPERS becomes first investor in EMAlternatives(2)
EMAlternatives has secured its first investment, with a $100 million commitment from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. The private equity fund investment specialist attempts to offer global investors exposure to markets they have not invested in before.