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Description: African private markets probably present the premier opportunity for investing to contribute to the UN's SDGs while also creating attractive financial returns. The potential for bringing solutions for the bottom billion, leveraging Africa's mobile infrastructure, is vast and being used by a lively and creative venture community with increasing numbers of later stage opportunities and the emergence of unicorns such as Zipline and Flutterwave.

Description: Real estate in Africa has been one of the most important investments and stores of value for local investors for decades. There are many historical and cultural significances to land on the continent and we are going to explore African real estate as an investable asset class for international investors and asset managers. In this webcast focused on African Real Estate moderated by Adam Camenzuli, CFA, CAIA, Dr.

Description: African Art has been one of the developing segments at auctions over the past 15 years. From a historic focus on traditional African art, the interest over the past few years has shifted to modern and contemporary. With all the recent interest in African art, is now the time to invest? If so, where should interested collectors start? What is the best way to gain an understanding of the African art market? Where do collectors buy and sell? What are the upside and risks of investing in African art?

Description: The European Green Deal (EGD) is paving the way for stricter regulations and targeted measures towards a zero-carbon economy. The real estate sector is an integral part of the EGD by prioritizing on existing buildings, which generate circa 40% of total energy consumption and 36% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. The goal is to kick-start a major Renovation Wave across Europe focusing on improving the sustainability levels of buildings in line with the principles of circular economy.

Description: Economic development in Africa is limited by the availability and quality of key infrastructure, including road and rail transportation, energy and water. Closing this infrastructure gap is paramount to a bright future for the African economy and making it more attractive to investment capital in diverse industries. Our expert panelists took a look at what lies ahead for the savvy investor in Africa, the role of private players and how they, together with the public sector, are shaping the future of the continent.

Description: Africa’s financial industry is continuing to move towards a path of major growth, impacting economies, savings, and investments. This webcast will highlight key trends and future industry issues while bringing together institutional investors, private equity players and stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities across the Continent. The agenda has been designed to provide local and foreign asset owners and managers a clear and comprehensive view of the African alternative investment market.

Description: The CAIA Association and the Saudi VCPE Association leadership celebrated their partnership with this inaugural event followed by a panel discussion with senior investments professionals.

Panelists: CAIA Association and Saudi Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Description: Emerging Managers have shown to be a high source of alpha in private assets. Are the descriptive and indicative factor(s) driving such performance individualistic or circumstantial and do emerging managers have staying power? What are the key differentiating traits that allows for their performance and  how are LPs allocating to Emerging Managers.