Trent Eddy, Co-Founder and Director, Emerging Markets Investment Advisers, Frontier ASEAN
- Trent is the Co-Founder and Director at frontier-ASEAN private equity fund manager, Emerging Markets Investment Advisers.
- Before this Trent worked at companies like Bain & Company and Myanmar Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (MPEVCA).
Podcast
Overview
In this episode of The Brand Called You, Trent Eddy, a private equity investor in frontier ASEAN markets, discusses opportunities there. He explores unique options in Frontier ASEAN. Trent emphasizes the growing blend of impact investing and commercial returns. He provides examples of exit strategies, including sales to various buyers. Trent advocates visiting frontier markets to see investability and dispel misperceptions. Overall, he shares insights on ASEAN frontier private equity.
00:33- About Trent Eddy
- Trent is the Co-Founder and Director at frontier-ASEAN private equity fund manager, Emerging Markets Investment Advisers.
- Before this Trent worked at companies like Bain & Company and Myanmar Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (MPEVCA).
- He completed his MSc, Econometrics & Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
10:39- How easy or difficult is it to implement an exit strategy in the ASEAN frontier?
- We have exited everything in our first fund. We have seen acquisitions by strategic partners, sales to financial buyers, and even entrepreneurs buying us out.
- The markets in Frontier ASEAN have some size and growth now where there is room for financial buyers to come in, acquire an asset from us, and then grow it.
- One exit route that hasn’t happened much yet but that we think will come is listings.
21:29- What advice would you give to new investors looking to enter ASEAN private equity?
- The easiest answer is to tell prospective investors to come and visit Frontier ASEAN. Just like I originally visited and got hooked, visitors can see the inevitability of this market.
- People have misperceptions of what it’s like to do business here, perhaps from old movies and stories.
- When we’ve managed to get prospective investors to visit frontier markets like Frontier ASEAN, the conversations have been very different afterwards.
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Profile
- Trent is the Co-Founder and Director at frontier-ASEAN private equity fund manager, Emerging Markets Investment Advisers.
- Before this Trent worked at companies like Bain & Company and Myanmar Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (MPEVCA).
- He completed his MSc, Econometrics & Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
