Private Equity
In 2012, a merger between two very different fund managers created the Abraaj Group. In April, Philip Borel spoke with several senior partners in the new business about the strategy they’re seeking to execute
10 min read · 20 September 2013
The $102m investment in an Egyptian snack food business comes as the emerging market specialist is wrapping up fundraising for its fourth global fund.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The US firm has paid €212m for the engine maker in the latest sign of a gradual return of deal activity in Italy.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Billed as the largest FMCG buyout in Sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa, the deal brings the total invested by the firm on the continent to $2.2bn.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
China's domestic M&A with PE involvement exceeded $6 billion in deal value during the first half of the year, led by the consumer staples sector.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The Bahrain-based firm's latest energy deal is for ATYB, a technical support service business for the oil and gas sector in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Fresh off a €3.3bn fund close, the European buyout and special situations firm has carved out an industrial recycling company from Spanish conglomerate Abengoa.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Dubai-based firm has agreed to sell its stake in a Turkish health insurance business after investing in the company in 2007.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The value of private equity transactions in India’s agricultural sector is up 75 percent in the first half, though Indian companies have some of the highest valuations in Asia.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The East African firm, which is investing its first blind pool vehicle, is looking to sponsor fast-growing businesses in the continent’s less trodden markets.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
