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.[1] It is a joint venture between Emergent Asset Management and Grainvest, a subsidiary of the RussellStone Group.[2] The firm invests in landholdings in South Africa, Mozambique, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe.[1]
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.[3] They were accused of "landgrabbing