Key Takeaways
- • RisCura won the 2021 Africa Global Funds Africa Service Providers Awards in the Research and Data Provider: Private Equity category, recognizing the firm's market-leading analytical capabilities in African private equity.
- • RisCura's alternative investment services team developed the first authoritative private equity performance benchmark for the African continent, addressing a prior market gap where no comparable performance metrics existed.
- • The award-winning research provides private equity stakeholders with institutional-grade insights on industry returns, enabling improved fundraising, performance measurement, and investment decision-making across African emerging markets.
- • RisCura's alternative investment services encompass independent valuations, risk reporting, portfolio construction, fund documentation review, investment monitoring, and the firm's flagship Bright Africa research publication on African investment themes.
- • This recognition marks RisCura's multiple consecutive award wins in the private equity category at the Africa Global Funds Awards, cementing its position as a leading research and data provider serving the African alternative investment industry.
Summary
RisCura, a global investment firm, has won the 2021 Africa Global Funds Africa Service Providers Awards in the Research and Data Provider: Private Equity category. The award recognizes RisCura's alternative investment services team for delivering market-leading research and data analytics to an industry that previously lacked comparable performance benchmarks and standardized metrics.
According to Cami Mbulawa, a director leading RisCura's alternative investment services business, the firm developed its private equity research initiative to serve a critical market need. "We started the research to provide private equity stakeholders with insight into industry returns and to establish and maintain an authoritative benchmark for measuring private equity performance," Mbulawa stated. The research has enabled investors, fund managers, and industry participants to benchmark performance, improve capital allocation decisions, and strengthen fundraising capabilities across African markets.
The Africa Global Funds Africa Service Providers Awards, now in its sixth edition, represent the only international awards program dedicated to recognizing service excellence among fund service providers operating across Africa. RisCura's alternative investment services team provides comprehensive support to African emerging markets, including independent valuations, valuation support services, risk and reporting capabilities, private equity portfolio construction, fund documentation review, and investment monitoring services. The team also produces the annual Bright Africa research publication, which addresses key investment considerations and market dynamics for institutional investors focused on the African continent.
The award underscores the impact and utility of RisCura's research infrastructure within the alternative investment community. By establishing the first authoritative private equity performance benchmark for Africa, RisCura has created an essential reference tool that industry stakeholders rely upon for decision-making, performance evaluation, and strategic planning. The recognition reflects both the analytical rigor of RisCura's methodology and the tangible value the research delivers to institutional investors, fund managers, and other market participants operating in African private equity.
According to Cami Mbulawa, a director leading RisCura's alternative investment services business, the firm developed its private equity research initiative to serve a critical market need. "We started the research to provide private equity stakeholders with insight into industry returns and to establish and maintain an authoritative benchmark for measuring private equity performance," Mbulawa stated. The research has enabled investors, fund managers, and industry participants to benchmark performance, improve capital allocation decisions, and strengthen fundraising capabilities across African markets.
The Africa Global Funds Africa Service Providers Awards, now in its sixth edition, represent the only international awards program dedicated to recognizing service excellence among fund service providers operating across Africa. RisCura's alternative investment services team provides comprehensive support to African emerging markets, including independent valuations, valuation support services, risk and reporting capabilities, private equity portfolio construction, fund documentation review, and investment monitoring services. The team also produces the annual Bright Africa research publication, which addresses key investment considerations and market dynamics for institutional investors focused on the African continent.
The award underscores the impact and utility of RisCura's research infrastructure within the alternative investment community. By establishing the first authoritative private equity performance benchmark for Africa, RisCura has created an essential reference tool that industry stakeholders rely upon for decision-making, performance evaluation, and strategic planning. The recognition reflects both the analytical rigor of RisCura's methodology and the tangible value the research delivers to institutional investors, fund managers, and other market participants operating in African private equity.
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