20 Oct
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
The value of global private equity deals targeting Africa has more than doubled (137%) in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to research by global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
15 Oct
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
Private equity and the growth of pension funds provide a massive opportunity to finance investment in Africa, industry experts have said.
8 Oct
News > Private Equity > PE Industry News
The private equity asset class in South Africa continues to deliver a sturdy performance with funs yielding an annualised rate of return of 18.6% over the ten years to the end of June 2014, according to the latest RisCura-SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance Report. Ten-year returns decreased slightly compared with those measured during the previous quarter, as some of the firm gains made during the period of strong economic growth of the early 2000s, when returns averaged 37.9%, begin to have less significance.