Industry Research

Private equity under pressure in Q4

Returns more muted over short term yet outperform equities over three and five years, research shows

Swings and roundabouts

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index adds 3.86% in April

Egypt, Namibia record double-digit gains

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa adds 2.5% in March

Relative calm follows volatile start

Namibia leads the way in February

Private equity returns soften in third quarter 2015

Pooled internal rate of return over 10 years was 20.7%

Double-digit drops for African indices

Global turmoil weighs heavily on key African markets

Falling fortunes define a difficult year

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index ends 2015 down 21.38%

Botswana bucks the trend

Gaborone Index sits 11.65% higher for the year

Private equity gains traction in third quarter

Pooled internal rate of return over 10 years at more than 20% thanks to good exit values

Diminishing returns

Kenya leads October losses