Emerging Markets

HarbourVest Partners backed the deal, which gives liquidity to investors in a portfolio of regional assets in return for preferential early cashflows.

Sao Paulo-based Spectra Investments sees more currency fluctuations than most. Its chief executive, plus professionals from NewQuest and Park Hill talk through the risks.

The deal involves stakes in 10 emerging-market assets from MTN Group, Africa's largest telecoms company.

The US prosecutor’s claim that Abraaj ‘boosted’ valuations to entice secondaries buyers is at odds with market logic.

Emerging market GP-led deals are rife with difficulties but Carlyle’s name and the dynamics of the secondaries market suggest a deal can be done on its Africa fund.

The private equity giant approached secondaries buyers about acquiring LP stakes in its 2013-vintage Sub-Saharan Africa Fund and making a stapled commitment to its successor.

After several bumper deals in 2018, what will next year hold for the region?

A handful of successful GP-led processes, involving household names such as CDC and Coller Capital, represent a significant step forward for the Indian secondaries market in 2018.

The investment firm is to take control of four fund businesses and acquire Abraaj's interests in the underlying vehicles.

The firm is in late-stage talks with a potential backer to restructure its 2007-vintage New Europe Partners II vehicle, Secondaries Investor has learnt.