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Private equity investment in emerging markets rebounds by 30 per cent
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Emerging markets have seen a 30 per cent increase in capital invested in 2010, according to the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA).
Last year, 856 private equity and venture capital deals valued at a total of $28.8bn were completed in emerging markets.
That figure was driven by a combination of a 27 per cent increase in deal volume and a 12 per cent uptick in median deal sizes.
While fundraising remained fairly flat at $23.5bn, compared with $22.6bn in 2009, emerging
markets’ share of global fundraising hit a new peak at 11 per cent, as funds raised globally dropped to their lowest level since 2004.
For the first time since 2006, capital invested trumped total funds raised, suggesting that an improving investment environment is finally absorbing accumulating dry powder and that global pools of capital are increasingly directed towards emerging markets.
“We expect to see an increase in private equity fundraising across the emerging markets as investors not only seek exposure to high-growth markets, but also develop an increasingly nuanced and informed perspective on emerging market risk,” said Sarah Alexander, EMPEA’s CEO.
“On the deal side, investments focused on growth and expansion capital will continue to
dominate the emerging markets landscape, and Brazil in particular is living up to last year’s expectations as a compelling investment story.”
Fundraising for Latin America and the Caribbean hit a record $5.6bn in 2010, including two of the three largest emerging market funds of the year.
In 2010, capital invested in Latin America surged by over 400 per cent to US$6.6bn, driven largely by greater participation from international players investing out of global capital pools.
Nine of the 10 largest deals in Latin America and the five largest investments in Brazil were made by global funds as opposed to vehicles dedicated to investment in the region.
However, emerging Asia held its ground as the main destination for capital outside the developed world, attracting $18.3bn, or 64 per cent of the total private equity capital invested.
“While China and India will continue to anchor many investors’ portfolios, perhaps more
than at any other time in recent history LPs are ready to entertain strategies that include markets previously seen as too risky or shallow, such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia,” said Alexander.
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