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Family offices are increasingly looking to diversify their activity, with an approach that encompasses direct and co-investments
Spanish mid-market private equity firm Mercapital has agreed to buy listed Brazilian jeanswear maker Tavex.
A Brazilian investment company is to double the size of its renewable energy fund as it aims to meet pension fund demand for the wind sector. 
US private equity firm Peterson Partners has invested $4m in QMC Telecom International, a Brazilian-based developer of cell phone towers. 
Private equity fund investor Pantheon has hired Jaime Londoño as principal and head of Latin American investments. 
The IFC has partnered with the UK government to establish the IFC Climate Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund of funds focused on growth capital investments in resource efficiency and low-emission companies in emerging markets. 
The World Economic Forum should consider how participants can play more of a role in investing to fill the equity gap in the emerging markets, according to one emerging markets investor. 
Colombia’s government looks to have recognised the value of private equity in backing the growth of small and medium-sized businesses. 
The Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association has appointed Patrice Etlin, a managing partner of global private equity firm Advent International, as chairman. 
Emerging markets-focused private equity firm Actis has bought a significant minority stake in Brazil’s University Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional for BRL180m ($102m). 
