Private Equity
The 'profit with purpose' investor has sold Ghanaian insurer Express Life to Prudential
2 min read · 06 December 2013
<p>The Africa-focused firm has generated an $80m return from MTN Côte d’Ivoire. </p> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;"> <br /></span>
1 min read · 05 December 2013
<span class="ITALIC">The London-based firm is teaming up with Lagoon Capital to target the region.</span>
2 min read · 25 November 2013
<span class="ITALIC">All BRIC countries have had a drop in PE activity YTD, though valuations are higher.</span>
1 min read · 20 November 2013
The UK-based emerging markets firm has added to its African energy portfolio by acquiring utilities in Cameroon.
2 min read · 08 November 2013
The IFC's global PE head on how it's trying to create new markets
3 min read · 08 November 2013
The UK firm has now realised most of the investments in the £235m Gresham Fund III, after selling specialist oil and gas recruitment provider Swift to US firm Wellspring.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
Despite often being required to use independent fund administrators, fund managers have to comb through the results to ensure reports from service providers are accurate.
3 min read · 07 November 2013
After closing its main fund at the end of September, Actis hopes to tie up fundraising for a $160m Africa co-investment vehicle and a $1.1bn energy vehicle in the next few weeks.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The mid-market firm is seeking $3bn for its Resolute Fund III, which came to market in early 2013.
1 min read · 07 November 2013
