Thu, Nov 19, 2020
Roundtable: African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds United in Fight Against COVID-19 − Infrastructure and Valuation
Duff & Phelps together with Africa investor (Ai) and the Continental Business Network (CBN) recently held a roundtable on the 5% Agenda’s Institutional Investor Public Partnership (IIPP) framework and asset recycling and refinancing best practices. The discussion covered methods for the valuation of real assets, and infrastructure investment related challenges and opportunities facing sovereign investors post-COVID-19.
A timely valuation process captures best practices in determining fair value and is critical for reporting and allocation decision making for limited partners. Leading experts discussed various industry specific practices that can be applied in this context.
Duration: 1 hour
Topics
- Asset recycling and refinancing
- The increasing trend of African governments transferring state-owned assets to private investors
- The Institutional Investor Public Partnership (IIPP) Framework
- Listed infrastructure products, including special purpose acquisitions (SPACs), and infrastructure investment trusts (IIT's)
- The nexus between infrastructure, valuation and Africa's growth industries during and post-COVID 19, including e-health, telecom and fintech
- Q&A
Moderators
- Hubert Danso, CEO and Chairman, Africa investor (Ai), Chairman, Continental Business Network (CBN)
- Efraim Chalamish, Senior Advisor, Duff & Phelps
Speakers
- Uche Orji, CEO, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)
- Solomon Quaynor, VP for Infrastructure, African Development Bank
- Genevieve Sangudi, Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Carlyle
- Ayman Soliman, Chief Executive Officer, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt
- David Scott, Managing Director, Alternative Asset Advisory, Duff & Phelps
- Eraj Weeransinghe, Managing Director, Valuation Advisory Services, Duff & Phelps
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