Private Equity

Middle East & North Africa

Apax to buy Israel's largest asset manager in $620m deal

Apax will boost its FIG holdings with Psagot Investment House, a $32bn asset manager in which Hellman & Friedman had reportedly bid for a lesser stake at a lower valuation.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

KFH and ePlanet to form global alternatives platform

Kuwait Finance House and the former DFJ affiliate will set up ePlanet LMH Capital, a Sharia-compliant firm, to invest in private equity and other alternative assets.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Citadel Capital in $55m partial exit

The Cairo-headquartered private equity firm has trimmed its stake in cement platform company ASEC, selling stakes to one of its LPs.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis builds oil and gas portfolio with $102m investment

The emerging markets-focused private equity firm is forming an oil and gas industry joint venture with Singapore's KS Energy.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

TPG, AMR offer $1.1bn for Japan Airlines

TPG is once again targeting a struggling airline, having teamed with American Airlines on a joint bid to restructure JAL. Rival US-based carrier Delta is also bidding.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Markstone co-founder pleads guilty in pension scandal

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Elliott Broidy paid nearly $1m in gifts to NY Common officials, including more than $90,000 to pay living expenses of one official's girlfriend.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Sequoia joins Chinese VCs in SINA deal

The $180m financing will broaden the corporate governance of the Chinese online information giant.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Citadel acquires taste for Sudanese halva

On the heels of revealing it would publicly list a portion of its management company, the MENA-focused firm has purchased distressed food producer Al-Musharraf for $19m.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Swicorp in Italian ceramic designer add-on

The MENA-focused firm's portfolio company Uniceramic has acquired a stake in Powergres, helping extend Uniceramic's distribution beyond the Middle East.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Citadel sketches out IPO plan

On the day that MENA rival Abraaj Capital raised $375m from shareholders, Cairo-based Citadel has unveiled plans for a public listing.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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