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Episode List
Nnennia Ejebe on the Art of Control Deals in Africa
An interview with Nnennia Ejebe, Partner at Adenia.
Karim Hussein on Egypt’s Vibrant Venture Landscape
An interview with Karim Hussein, Managing Partner of Algebra Ventures.
Gopal Jain on India’s Transformation
An interview with Gopal Jain, co-founder and Managing Partner of Gaja Capital.
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The Great Wall of Capital
Asia has subsumed everything; very bad news; China’s private sector; Factfulness; Lucretius.
Expectations v. Reality
Expectations of 3x from emerging market private equity funds are unreasonable
Passages
Voyages through a vanished world with a newborn; Profit from Purpose; Deals!; Tough Crowd; Risky Business; GP Stakes; Patrick Leigh Fermor
Illusions and Delusions
On the gap between image and reality; 401(k)s — The Final Frontier; Future Fund; Norway on Governance; Social Capital; Nostalgia for the Absolute
Liquefaction
Amidst global political instability, the most valuable attribute is a flexible mandate; Herd Behavior; KYC; Add-Backs; Short-Termism; Impact Investing; Adda Bozeman
The Work
Year three begins; Advent + Walmart Brazil; African PE: Quo vadis?; Creador + Goldman on Asia; Mr. China Meets the Mekong; A Most Damning Indictment; and, “The Odyssey”
An Extractive Industry
The Toys “R” Us bankruptcy prompts a jeremiad on LBOs; Abraaj: Redux; CEE; India; Turkey; Grapes of Wrath
The Wealth of Nations
A walking safari in Tanzania prompts a question: who’s wealthier, a Maasai elder or your average American?
Questions of Leadership
Key themes from IFC and EMPEA’s Global Private Equity Conference included leadership, governance, and transparency
Transparency & Governance
A reflection on transparency and governance. Also features: Abraaj, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Bain & Co, The Dhammapada
The White Stripe
Drama at The Abraaj Group continues, EM Fundraising trends, Performance of EM PE, Persistence
The Evolution of Private Equity in Emerging Markets
A brief history of private equity in emerging markets, an analysis of industry performance, and thoughts on its future.
Veritas
Last month, the New York Times published a fascinating article about the market for followers on Twitter. (Disclosure: shareholder of NYT and TWTR). The manufacture…
Bulls on Parade
The animal spirits are palpable. Though U.S. markets have seemed to be fully valued for some time, the price action since the ball dropped on…
Does EM PE Scale?
Does the emerging markets private equity asset class scale? No. I don’t believe it does. In fact, I think the absorptive capacity of EM PE…