Global Environment Fund

From an education company in Brazil to a timberland deal in Africa, private equity deals have shown the ability to make money while also transforming lives.

How do private equity firms measure and report non-financial results?

The growing popularity of “impact investing” in emerging markets private equity.

Turkey is turning the corner to becoming a much more mature private equity market, according to Jeffrey Leonard, President and CEO of Global Environment Fund.

Private equity markets in emerging economies grow due to good stories and good data; our panelists discuss the evidence of private equity’s beneficial effects on development.

Our expert panelists share views on how advocates for private capital have successfully spurred the development of this asset class in their home markets.

The understanding of private equity’s impact on emerging markets is still developing, as three veterans of emerging markets private equity attest.

It is becoming quite evident that BRIC should be spelled with T. Like the other most prominent emerging markets, Turkey has a vast and growing economy powered by an educated, young and growing population.

Far from being viewed as parasitic force, private equity in emerging markets is understood to be a builder of businesses, a promoter of innovation and a raiser of corporate-governance standards.