Join Simon Clark & me in class for a discussion on the demise of Abraaj, which was once one of the largest PE investors in emerging markets and arguable the largest Impact Investor. We ask:
- What went wrong?
- How did the investors in Abraaj miss this?
- What lessons did we learn?
More background on Abraaj & it's history here https://bit.ly/3BCByvd

And we expand our discussions by asking:
- Can PE funds make the world a better place?
- Will their LPs investors allow them to do so at the cost of lower returns?
- Does the current PE model of closed end funds need to change first?

Simon Clark is a Wall Street Journal reporter based in London. His investigative reporting has led him to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, the copper mines of Congo and to many banks in the City of London. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. The Key Man, his first book, was published in July 2021 and was nominated for several awards.

THANK you for making time.

Additional reading:
Can Private Equity make Money by doing Good? - LPs can help avoid an impact investing debacle, with the right tools
https://knowledge.insead.edu/blog/ins...


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