Private Equity Investment: The Outlook for Latin America

Abstract

Private equity in Latin America is not for the faint of heart. Over the last 25 years, the industry has grown enormously but has been limited by the impossibility of anticipating regional booms and busts. As a result, predicting the outlook for private equity in Latin America for the years ahead is difficult. A number of factors, both internal and external, are likely to drive growth in individual countries and in the region as a whole. The author analyzes economic and political factors at the global, regional, and national level that will shape private equity investment in Latin American in the upcoming years, including the emergence of venture capital investment and family offices investing in the region. TOPICS: Private equity, commodities, emerging markets