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industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tags: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, GPs, LPs, Private Equity, Regulatory
Global investors who have historically concentrated their emerging market portfolios in Asia are expanding their horizons to Latin America – over the last year I’ve met with a who’s who of international GPs, LPs and funds of funds as they set out for due diligence trips to Sao Paulo, Bogota, Lima or Santiago. Read more
Tags: LPs, Member firms
Jose Fernandez, Managing Director at StepStone Group recently shared some insights into StepStone’s investment strategies and rising interest in Latin America among its clients. Read more
The Latin America PE/VC Report recently spoke with Brad Young, Partner and Head of the Americas at Altius Associates about its interests and allocations to funds in Latin America. Read more
Tags: Limited Partners, LPs, Profiles
LAVCA recently spoke with Marieke Roestenberg, Senior Investment Officer- Private Equity at the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), about its focus on emerging markets and strategy and interests in Latin America. Read more
Tags: Limited Partners, LPs, Profiles
Urs Wietlisbach, founding Partner and current Executive Vice Chairman of Partners Group, spoke with LAVCA about the firm’s experience in Latin America and its investment outlook for 2010 and beyond. Read more
Tags: Limited Partners, LPs
Steve Cowan, Managing Director of PCGI, talks about his experience investing in emerging markets.
LAVCA: Please give some background on your fund of funds. What are your assets under management? What is your diversification strategy, by asset class and geography?
Cowan: PCGI is a Washington, DC, based investment manager focused on partnership and co-investment in select private equity markets outside of the United States. With more than USD1 billion under management, PCGI has almost 100 years of collective experience investing in international private equity markets. Geographically, our current portfolio is broadly diversified as set forth in this chart:
Tags: Limited Partners, LPs, People, Profiles
Mani Saluja and Carlos Heneine, who jointly oversee Quilvest’s emerging market private equity program, talk about Quilvest and its experiences and views on emerging market PE in 2009 and beyond.
Tags: Limited Partners, LPs, Profiles
Robert Sturgeon is an Equity Portfolio Manager at Export Development Canada (EDC). EDC is Canada’s export credit agency, offering commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. EDC’s knowledge and partnerships are used by nearly 7,000 Canadian companies and their global customers in up to 200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is financially self-sustaining and is a recognized leader in financial reporting and economic analysis.
(c) 2010 Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA).