ENEO7 Nov 2020 09:29
Actis is a global emerging markets investment firm focused on the private equity, energy, infrastructure, and real estate asset classes. It has a growing portfolio of investments across Asia, Africa, and Latin America and US$12 billion in assets under management. Since its inception in 2004, the firm has raised US$15 billion in capital, executing over 200 transactions in 40+ countries across all four asset classes.[2]
Applying developed market disciplines to emerging markets, an established team of c. 120 investment professionals, working across 16 offices globally, identify investment opportunities in private equity, energy and real estate. Actis is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), an investor initiative developed by the UNEP FI and the UN Global Compact. Actis targets consistent superior returns across asset classes over the long-term, bringing financial and social benefits to investors, consumers and communities.[3] It is focused on investments in emerging markets in Africa, China, India, Latin America, and South East Asia.[4]
Actis was formed in July 2004, as a spinout of CDC Group plc (formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation), an organization established by the UK Government in 1948 to invest in developing economies in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. The Actis management team acquired majority ownership of CDC's emerging markets investment platform.
Head office London SE1 TOTAL ASSETS $7.6BN
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