Please note that the ILPA is looking to hold our own webcast on the ILPA Private Equity Principles in the not too distant future. However as an ILPA member, EMPEA is offering complimentary registration for you to join their upcoming webcast “How Will The ILPA Principles Shape GP-LP Relationships in Emerging Markets?”. The webcast will [...]

Private equity deals in India witnessed a strong growth momentum in the very first month of this year and almost quadrupled to $1.24 billion, from its year ago period, says a study.
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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), a key investor in some of the world’s biggest private equity deals last year, sees more opportunities in 2010 and says it is well-placed to take advantage of them, keeping in mind that they will pull out of the market if it heats up too quickly.

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Private equity will be a key growth engine for the Islamic finance industry, but fund managers need to better understand Sharia concepts before a market can develop, a top banker said.

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Spanish regulators have reintroduced a controversial measure, which was previously removed by Sweden when they held the European Council. The new text is being debated by the AIFMD Council Working Group in Brussels this month.
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Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp will invest $1.5bn in private equity secondaries with three of the biggest specialists in buying second-hand fund interests, according to the Financial Times.
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China’s economy outperformed all others during one of the worst global recessions in generations, and the worst crisis in the global private equity industry in recent history. Despite China’s continuous growth, investors should be wary of the level of risk they are taking on with large investments.
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Industry players report that this year is off to a more lively start than 2009, though many participants are still working up annual valuations and sifting through last year’s wreckage.” A look at what 2010 could have in store for the PE Industry.

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AVCJ presents, the seventh annual Australia & New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Forum—A new dawn for Australian private equity at the Westin Sydney on March 3rd-5th 2010.

The Forum is Australasia’s preeminent international private equity conference, attracting many of Australasia’s big-ticket superannuation funds: Highly active investors in the asset class. Overseas LPs from around Asia also make the [...]

PEI presents the Emerging Markets Investor Forum, with Strategic Event Partner, EMPEA. The forum will connect institutional investors with fellow LPs, GPs, investment banks, advisors, government entities and portfolio companies to explore private investment opportunities in the emerging markets.
Find out more at: www.peimedia.com/emny10
The ILPA and EMPEA will co-host an LP-only breakfast on February 26th.  If [...]