Summary: THIS IS AN AUDIO-ONLY VERSION OF A VIDEO INTERVIEW FOUND ON PRIVCAP.COM. VIEW THE FULL VIDEO HERE: Considering the challenges that beset the region, what are investor perceptions toward Emerging Europe right now? This question was posed by Privcap to Baris Gen, Senior Investment Officer for Private Equity Funds - Europe, Middle East 8 North Africa at the International Finance Corp.,Robert Graffam, Senior Managing Director of Darby Overseas Investments, and Ralph Jaeger, Managing Director, Siguler Guff 8 Company. The three experts discuss how fundraising for Central and Eastern European GPs is taking so much longer today, what a recent Darby fundraising was like (“It was hard”), how many first-time and even veteran GPs are wondering whether they’ve reached a “time-up” moment, and the need for more success stories to move Emerging Europe from its low place on LP priority lists. This is the third segment of a three-part Privcap thought-leadership series on private equity in Emerging Europe. The first segment is called "Eastern Shock." The second is called "What Happened to Convergence?" The program includes an expert audio interview with Peter Wells, a Partner withErnst 8 Young in Prague. This program is sponsored by Ernst 8 Young. Registered users of Privcap may access this 8-minute, chaptered video program, full transcript, audio-only version, as well as Privcap’s entire archive of thought-leadership content. Register here – it’s free and quick
