Africa: The Last Frontier
Scipion Capital – Expert Investors in Africa
Scipion Capital employs a uniquely focused team of finance professionals whose senior management have significant experience of banking and investing in emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Scipion African Opportunities Fund SPC (domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority) is an Exempted Segregated Portfolio Company incorporated with limited liability with a number of different share classes all focused on Africa. Scipion clients are professional investors, including hedge funds, family offices, independent financial advisors, private banks, endowments, and pension funds.
Scipion Capital (UK) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Investors see Africa as most attractive destination - EIU poll
More than one in two institutional investors see Africa as the most attractive region to invest in the next decade, with one in three expecting to put at least 5 percent of their portfolios into the continent by 2016, a survey showed on Tuesday.
Scipion Capital's Visit to Rwanda
Scipion Capital CIO Nicolas Clavel meets a community of Silverback Gorilla's on his recent trip to Rwanda.
European Banks Seek Buyers for Mideast Trade Finance & Corporate Loans
Bloomberg News reports that European banks, led by those from France and Belgium, seek to sell Persian Gulf loan books to Arab banks to help raise cash as the sovereign-debt crisis drags on.
IMF Survey: Africa - Regional Prospects
A new optimism is permeating much of Africa. The past 10 years of unprecedented growth in sub-Saharan Africa has helped fuel this positive attitude even when most of the rest of the world faces global economic crisis.
Emerging & Frontier Markets Now 35% of Global GDP
Recent figures based on the IMF World Economic Outlook of 2011 show that emerging and frontier markets’ share of global GDP (in USD terms) is already 35.2% and on a purchasing power parity basis is almost 50.0%.
The Economist: Africa Rising
After decades of slow growth, Africa has a real chance to follow in the footsteps of Asia
Scipion Expands Operations Ahead of Expected Growth
Scipion Capital, the African investment specialist, has expanded its team in Geneva and London in anticipation of new investment and product launches over the next six months.
Scipion Hires Bear Veteran as COO
Scipion Capital, the Africa-focused boutique hedge fund firm, has appointed Chris Jenkins as chief operating officer.
FT: Commodity trade suffers as French curb credit
The Financial Times commodities editor Javier Blas reports that the European banking crisis is spilling over into commodities trading with French banks, the main financiers of trading houses, reining in their lending.