Asian deals drive record EM private investment volume

Private capital managers invested $22 billion in disclosed deals in emerging markets in the first six months of this year, the highest half-year total since the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) began reporting on investment in 2008 (see figure 1 below). An uptick in large transactions in Emerging Asia drove much of the 46% increase from $16 billion in the first half of 2016, noted EMPEA in a release yesterday. “International limited partners have put ever more c…