JS Private Equity Fund
USD 10 mio
SIFEM investment
2007
Year
Region: Asia
Sector: Generalist
Financial instrument: Private Equity Fund
Financial intermediary: JS Group
JS focuses on medium-sized, growth oriented enterprises within Pakistan. The majority of the companies are family-owned, seeking expansion capital and an institutional partner to help them improve corporate governance and make their company attractive for an IPO. The fund primarily invests through convertible instruments. Transactions are structured with standard covenants including put options with the entrepreneurs and tag/drag along rights.
JS is managed by JS Group, one of the largest financial services conglomerates in Pakistan with finance companies ranging from insurance to asset management.