Latest News & Reports
Private Equity Principles
Historically, the private equity partnership structure has been effective in aligning the interests of investors...
International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidlines
Private equity managers may be required to carry out periodic valuations of investments as part of the reporting proccess to investors in the funds they manage....
Sub-Saharan Africa Recovery and New Risks
Sub-Saharan Africa's recovery from the crisis-induced slowdown is well underway, with growth now back fairly close to the high levels of the mid-2000s...
Monitoring
SSC intends to actively monitor its investments and will seek mandatory representation on the Advisory Boards of all of its portfolio funds to help ensure that the SSAF’s interest is well looked after by the fund managers. Insights gained from working closely with the fund managers help in evaluating follow-on funds.
Independent Pricing and Risk Oversight
Both risk and performance reporting as well as valuation and pricing will be outsourced to Africa’s leading provider in financial and investment data analysis. The benefits of this approach are as follows
An unbiased approach
Global best practice recommends that investment managers employ the services of an independent risk and valuation specialist.
Transparency
Higher levels of transparency keep investors informed about their investments.
International best practice
Implementation of best practice in managing portfolio risk as well as valuation risk.