News - Allocations
17 Aug 2012
Aberdeen Asset Management has won allocations from pensions in the UK and US to its frontier markets fund, which is heavily exposed to African markets including Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
25 Jun 2012
The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB), which manages a mammoth $84.9bn portfolio, is currently exploring investments in the frontier markets and has made several investments in sub-Saharan Africa via its external managers
8 May 2012
The $8bn Water and Power Employees' Retirement Plan is looking to reduce its exposure to Sudan, following its dissatisfaction with government policies
9 Apr 2012
CDC, the UK’s £2.8bn ($4.5bn) development finance institution, has invested $50m in 8 Miles, the recently-launched CLSA-backed pan-African private equity fund
17 Mar 2012
The University of Arizona’s $532m endowment fund has increased its target allocation for emerging markets equities in the fiscal year 2012 to include frontier markets
5 Mar 2012
Tunisia-based African Development Bank will invest $50 million in the Carlyle Sub Saharan Africa Fund
1 Mar 2012
Private equity funding to sub-Saharan Africa has doubled since 2007 and could grow further, playing a greater role in Africa's growth story, but SA's share of this growth continues to dwindle dramatically, according to research
15 Feb 2012
Sub-Saharan agricultural investment firm EmVest Asset has received its first allocation from Truestone Impact Investment Management
21 Oct 2011
The Oregon Investment Council (OIC), which is part of the Oregon State Treasury, has made a number of changes within its emerging markets portfolio
21 Oct 2011
The UK government-owned development finance institution, CDC Group, is to make a $20m investment in farming and agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa
4 Oct 2011
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OFI Asset Management has been appointed to manage an emerging markets mandate on behalf of the $700m Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System
29 Aug 2011
The University of Michigan is to allocate $15m from its long-term portfolio to the Kuramo Africa Opportunity Fund, a $300m fund of funds focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
