EMVest Asset Management
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = EMVest Asset Management
| logo = 150px
| type = Private
| genre =
| fate =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| foundation = 2011
| founder =
| defunct =
| location_city = Pretoria
| location_country = South Africa
| location =
| locations = 2
| area_served =
| key_people = Susan Margaret Law Payne (Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)
| industry = Private equity
| products =
| production =
| services =
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| aum =
| assets =
| equity =
| owner =
| num_employees =
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://www.emvest.com emvest.com]
| footnotes =
| intl =
}}
EMVest Asset Management is a private equity firm based in Pretoria, South Africa, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.
Overview
EMVest Asset Management was founded in 2011.{{cite web|title=Company Overview of EmVest Asset Management Pty Limited |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=140121957 |website=Bloomberg Business |accessdate=October 28, 2015}} It is a joint venture between Emergent Asset Management and Grainvest, a subsidiary of the RussellStone Group.{{cite news |last=Comstock |first=Courtney |date=June 30, 2011 |title=Meet The Millionaires And Billionaires Suddenly Buying Tons Of Land In Africa |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-millionaires-and-billionaires-buying-land-in-africa-2011-6?op=1&IR=T#ixzz1Qpzs5hIS |newspaper=Business Insider |access-date=October 28, 2015 }} The firm invests in landholdings in South Africa, Mozambique, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
In June 2011, the Oakland Institute revealed that Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, and other American colleges and universities had invested heavily in African landholding via this firm.John Vidal, Claire Provost, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/08/us-universities-africa-land-grab US universities in Africa 'land grab'], The Guardian, June 8, 2011 They were accused of "landgrabbing." By 2013, Vanderbilt University, a university based in Nashville, Tennessee where students had led protests in the wake of the revelation, removed its US$26 million investment from EMVest.[http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/vanderbilt-university-divests-land-grab-africa Vanderbilt University Divests from "Land Grab" in Africa], Oakland Institute, February 13, 2013
References
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:EMVest Asset Management}}
Category:Private equity companies of South Africa
Category:Financial services companies established in 2011
Category:Companies based in the City of Tshwane
Category:Organisations based in Pretoria
Category:Asset management companies
{{SouthAfrica-company-stub}}