EMPEA Insight: Local Pension Capital in Latin America (July 2011)

Across the emerging markets, regulatory changes are gradually enabling domestic institutional investors—particularly pension funds—to commit capital to private equity. Through market profiles of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Chile, this report examines local pension fund participation in the asset class in Latin America, both to provide a guide to where potential pools of capital reside for GPs, and to demonstrate emerging models for greater domestic institutional investor involvement.