1st Annual Global PE Forum Beijing a Big Success
More than 400 delegates crowded the ballroom at the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing on November 10, 2008 for the First Annual Global PE Forum Beijing, organized by EMPEA and the Beijing Private Equity Association (BPEA). The inaugural Beijing Forum featured leading industry players from China and abroad, including some of the senior-most officials from Chinese regulatory agencies responsible for regulating aspects of the PE industry. Throughout the day the message was repeated: private equity is an asset class built for the long-term and represents a potentially strong vehicle for economic development, innovation and growth in China.
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Events
Thursday, 29 January 2009
In these turbulent times, emerging market investors face different challenges and obstacles than investors in mature markets and should therefore be aware of emerging market-specific terms and conditions key in fund documentation. Learn more from the experts at market leader Debevoise & Plimpton LLP about structures and key financial terms and conditions that emerging market investors and fund managers must consider.
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Upcoming events
Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum
New York City - 26-27 March 2009
IFC's 11th Annual Global Private Equity Conference
in association with EMPEA
Washington D.C. - 12-13 May 2009
Member Profile
Actis is a leading private equity investor in emerging markets and has been investing exclusively in these markets for nearly 60 years. Actis has raised US$6.8 billion of funds and presently has over 120 investment professionals in 14 offices throughout Africa, China, Latin America, South and South East Asia. In the last ten years, the firm has invested over US $3 billion across 42 countries in 154 investee companies. Integral to their approach to business is the belief that the capital managed creates opportunity for the companies in which they invest and their stakeholders. Actis is committed to promoting the sustainable Growth Capital Capital of the private sector in the emerging markets and ensure that the capital raised and managed makes a lasting, tangible and positive difference in the countries in which they operate.