Private Equity
3i and Oman Investment Fund are among investors that have reportedly invested INR2.6bn in Neo Sports Broadcast, which holds TV rights to all domestic and international cricket played in India till March 2010.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The management spin-out of Lehman’s merchant banking arm officially closed last week and the firm has chosen a new name.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
African Energy Infrastructure Fund is now more than half-way toward its first close, which is expected in the middle of the year, and has already lined up its first deal in Ghana. In December 2008, it received a $30m equity commitment from the African Development Bank.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Marlow Capital is currently raising finance on a deal by deal basis. Its first buyout – that of South African waste management business Wasteman – is thought to be worth in the region of $50m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Cairo-based firm, which expects to close its first institutional fund on $500m this year, is mulling a push into Iraq’s oil and gas sector before multinational oil companies gain further ground.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium led by the Bahrain-based listed private equity firm has acquired a 70% stake in L’Azurde, a Saudi Arabian jewellery company valued at $300m. The demographics underpinning MENA's demand for jewellery are encouraging, said co-head of Investcorp’s Gulf growth capital business, Azmat Taufique.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $40m investment from the private equity arm of Saudi Arabian bank NCB Capital will enable Egypt’s Sigma Pharmaceutical to expand into other key markets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Bahrain-based firm has added a third school to its education platform with the acquisition of Dubai-based Al Maaref school.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Norwegian solar energy firm NorSun has raised NOK1.15bn in Series C funding for the expansion of its silicon ingot production lines. The financing was led by Swiss clean energy investor Good Energies which invested NOK250m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Lehman’s former merchant banking unit will be owned by management in a joint venture with South African billionaire Johann Rupert.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
